'Walton Bridge from Upstream: Study for 'Walton Bridges'', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Walton Bridge from Upstream: Study for 'Walton Bridges'

From Hesperides (2) Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCIV

Date 1805

MediumPen and ink on paper

Dimensionssupport: 143 x 228 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D05853

Turner Bequest XCIV 6

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 6 Recto:

Walton Bridge from Upstream: Study for ‘Walton Bridges’ 1805

D05853
Turner Bequest XCIV 6

Pen and ink on white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 143 x 228 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCIV 6’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

For the drawings in this sketchbook made around Walton Bridges and for the picture of a downstream view, Walton Bridges perhaps exhibited at Turner’s Gallery in 1806 and certainly bought by Sir John Leicester in 1807 (the Loyd Collection),1 see note to folio 4 (D05849). This sketch is another version of the same view.

David Blayney Brown
December 2007

Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.47–8 no.60 (pl.70).

Read this catalogue entry in full

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