Joseph Mallord William TurnerThe River Thames at Greenwich c.1808

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Artist
Title
The River Thames at Greenwich
From Greenwich Sketchbook
Turner Bequest CII
Date c.1808
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 76 x 115 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D06826
Turner Bequest CII 53
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
The River Thames at Greenwich circa 1808
D06826
Turner Bequest CII 53
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘10’ and ‘25’ top centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘53’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CII 53’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See Introduction to the sketchbook and note to folio 48 (D06814) for the discrepancy between the current folio number and Finberg’s. This sketch, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, continues on folio 53 verso (D06825).

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

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