J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A River Scene, with Houses on Left and Wooden Bridge in Mid-Distance 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River Scene, with Houses on Left and Wooden Bridge in Mid-Distance’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
A River Scene, with Houses on Left and Wooden Bridge in Mid-Distance 1805
D06200
Turner Bequest XCVIII 15a
Pencil on white laid paper, 182 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook upright, but continued on folio 16 (D06201) to form a landscape composition. The scenery is unidentified.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A River Scene, with Houses on Left and Wooden Bridge in Mid-Distance 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-river-scene-with-houses-on-left-and-wooden-bridge-in-mid-r1130384, accessed 26 April 2024.