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 A Rainbow over Richmond Bridge c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Rainbow over Richmond Bridge’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
A Rainbow over Richmond Bridge circa 1815–18
D10617
Turner Bequest CXLI 19
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Light’ within image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘19’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXLI 19’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio18 verso (D10616), for which see catalogue note.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Rainbow over 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-a-rainbow-over-richmond-bridge-r1131670, accessed 24 April 2024.