'The River Thames at Greenwich', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

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

References

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