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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Thames at Greenwich c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Thames at Greenwich’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Verso:
The Thames at Greenwich circa 1808
D06827
Turner Bequest CII 53a
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See Introduction to the sketchbook and note to folio 48 (D06814) for the discrepancy between the current folio number and Finberg’s. There is a very slight continuation of this sketch on folio 55 (D06828).

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Thames at Greenwich 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-the-thames-at-greenwich-r1130920, accessed 26 April 2024.