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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hints River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats on the River, Richmond Bridge c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats on the River, Richmond Bridge’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Boats on the River, Richmond Bridge circa 1815–18
D10600
Turner Bequest CXLI 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXLI 10’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 9 verso (D10599). James Paine’s Richmond Bridge appears in a rough outline on the right.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Boats on the River, Richmond Bridge c.1815–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-boats-on-the-river-richmond-bridge-r1131653, accessed 20 April 2024.