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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Studies of a Wooden Bridge c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Studies of a Wooden Bridge’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
Two Studies of a Wooden Bridge circa 1808
D06788
Turner Bequest CII 35
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘35’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CII 35’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, this sketch, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, continues on folio 34 verso (D06787).

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Two Studies of a Wooden Bridge 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-two-studies-of-a-wooden-bridge-r1130881, accessed 26 April 2024.