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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Verso:
The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance 1805
D06204
Turner Bequest XCVIII 17a
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 18 (D06205). Identifying the subject, Hill compares this double-spread drawing to one in the contemporary Studies for Pictures: Isleworth sketchbook (Tate D05552; Turner Bequest XC 40).

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Thames with Walton Bridge in the 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-the-thames-with-walton-bridge-in-the-distance-r1130388, accessed 25 April 2024.