'Two Studies of a Wooden Bridge', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Two Studies of a Wooden Bridge

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

D06787

Turner Bequest CII 34 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 34 Verso:

Two Studies of a Wooden Bridge circa 1808

D06787
Turner Bequest CII 34a

Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘5’, ‘3’ and ‘4’ within the arches of the bridge

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

These sketches, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, continue on folio 35 (D06788). The bridge is unidentified.

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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Greenwich Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest