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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Greenwich Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bank of the River Thames c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bank of the River Thames’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Verso:
Bank of the River Thames circa 1808
D06752
Turner Bequest CII 16a
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg noted, this subject continues on folio 17 verso (D06754). Turner inverted the sketchbook and folded 17 to overlap the present leaf to make this sketch.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Bank of the River Thames c.1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-bank-of-the-river-thames-r1130845, accessed 23 April 2024.