'The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance

From Wey, Guildford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCVIII

Date 1805

Dimensionssupport: 182 x 117 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D06204

Turner Bequest XCVIII 17 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 17 Verso:

The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance 1805

D06204
Turner Bequest XCVIII 17a

Pencil on white laid paper, 182 x 117 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook upright, but continued on folio 18 (D06205). Identifying the subject, Hill compares this double-spread drawing to one in the contemporary Studies for Pictures: Isleworth sketchbook (Tate D05552; Turner Bequest XC 40).

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

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

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Surrey

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Wey, Guildford Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest

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Joseph Mallord William TurnerThe Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance 1805

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