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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner London: Shipping on the Thames near the Custom House c.1805-6

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘London: Shipping on the Thames near the Custom House’ c.1805-6
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Verso:
London: Shipping on the Thames near the Custom House circa 1805–6
D05787
Turner Bequest XCIII 13a
Pen and ink on white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 171 x 262 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Turner’s views of the Pool and City of London in this sketchbook, usually more developed than this very quick and slight jotting, see note to folio 12 (D05785).

David Blayney Brown
October 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘London: Shipping on the Thames near the Custom House c.1805–6 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2007, 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-london-shipping-on-the-thames-near-the-custom-house-r1130009, accessed 25 April 2024.