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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner London: Shipping by the Tower c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘London: Shipping by the Tower’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Verso:
London: Shipping by the Tower circa 1805–9
D06478
Turner Bequest XCIX 68a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this sketch is continued a little on folio 73 recto (D06479; Turner Bequest XCIX 69). The title is based on Finberg’s which seems to be correct, although this appears to be the only instance of Turner drawing in London further up-river than Greenwich in this sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘London: Shipping by the Tower c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-london-shipping-by-the-tower-r1130674, accessed 26 April 2024.