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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A River Scene 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River Scene’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
A River Scene 1805
D05572
Turner Bequest XC 52
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘52’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XC 52’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As in folio 51 (D05571), an unidentified riverbank, presumably of the Thames; but here the foreground might show lock gates, so perhaps on the Grand Union Canal near its entrance at Brentford.

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A River Scene 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-river-scene-r1129886, accessed 27 April 2024.