'Waterloo Bridge, with Shot Tower; a Thames Barge', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Waterloo Bridge, with Shot Tower; a Thames Barge

From Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CV

Date c.1825

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 108 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07101

Turner Bequest CV 75 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 85 Verso:

Waterloo Bridge, with Shot Tower; a Thames Barge circa 1825

D07101
Turner Bequest CV 75a

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, the subject continues on folio 86 (D07102; Turner Bequest CV 76) to include St Paul’s Cathedral in the distance and Somerset House at left. See Introduction for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including London Bridge, the Custom House and the Tower. For Waterloo Bridge, see note to folio 81 (D07092; Turner Bequest CV 71).

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

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