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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A View on the Thames 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A View on the Thames’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
A View on the Thames 1805
D05562
Turner Bequest XC 46
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XC 46’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Lacking any strong distinguishing features, this stretch of the river has yet to be identified. For the same place or one close by see also folios 47, 47 verso–48, 49 and 50 of the sketchbook (D05564, D40572–D05565, D05567, D05569).

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A View on the Thames 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-a-view-on-the-thames-r1129875, accessed 25 April 2024.