'Temple Island, Henley, with Henley Bridge and Church in the Distance; St Nicholas Church, Remenham, beyond the Temple to the Right', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Temple Island, Henley, with Henley Bridge and Church in the Distance; St Nicholas Church, Remenham, beyond the Temple to the Right

From Thames, from Reading to Walton Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCV

Date 1805

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 259 x 360 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D05912

Turner Bequest XCV 8

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Temple Island, Henley, with Henley Bridge and Church in the Distance; St Nicholas Church, Remenham, beyond the Temple to the Right 1805

D05912
Turner Bequest XCV 8

Pencil on white wove paper, 259 x 360 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in blacvk ‘XCV 8’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This was a right-hand page from the sketchbook, and has been irregularly cut on the right side. Turner made this sketch from the Thames, looking towards Henley by Temple Island, with the temple designed by James Wyatt (1771) as an eye-catcher for Fawley Court on the left, very lightly indicated among trees. The view looks up-river with St Nicholas, Remenham in the left distance and Henley itself to the right, with St Mary’s.

Verso:

Blank. Laid down.

David Blayney Brown
January 2009

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.