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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Guildford from near St Catherine's Ferry 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Guildford from near St Catherine's Ferry’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 112 Verso:
Guildford from near St Catherine’s Ferry 1805
D06310
Turner Bequest XCVIII 112a
Pencil on white laid paper, 117 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Identifying the subject, Hill notes its similarity to another in the sketchbook, on folio 113 verso (D06312), which is taken from further away and includes Guildford Castle and Trinity Church. 113 verso would have been made first if Turner was working backwards through the sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Guildford from near St Catherine’s Ferry 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-guildford-from-near-st-catherines-ferry-r1130494, accessed 24 April 2024.