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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Harewood Bridge and the River Wharfe 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harewood Bridge and the River Wharfe’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Verso:
Harewood Bridge and the River Wharfe 1808
D07243
Turner Bequest CVI 83a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted and continued on folio 87 recto (D07244; Turner Bequest CVI 84), this is clearly Harewood Bridge, with a group of houses on the bank of the Wharfe. Other views of the bridge, with Harewood Castle, follow on folios 88 verso and 89 verso (D07246, D07248; Turner Bequest CVI 85a, 86a). These must have drawn around the time of Turner’s visit to Farnley Hall late in his 1808 tour; see Introduction to the sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
July 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Harewood Bridge and the River Wharfe 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2010, 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-harewood-bridge-and-the-river-wharfe-r1129667, accessed 24 September 2024.