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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Scene on the Thames with Boats 1822

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Scene on the Thames with Boats’ 1822
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Verso:
Scene on the Thames with Boats 1822
D17710
Turner Bequest CCI 38 v
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 188 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is the first of five Thames river scenes in this sketchbook (folios 39 verso–40 verso and 42 verso; D17712–D17714, D17717). Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this view, taken from a boat or bridge, looks along the river with a wharf on the right and a wooded bank on the left. There are two large Thames barges at the centre of the picture, with vessels at sail to their right and two smaller rowing boats in front. Although the exact location of this drawing has not been established, it is likely to be somewhere near Isleworth which is the location of the sketch on folio 39 verso.

Thomas Ardill
November 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Scene on the Thames with Boats 1822 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2008, 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-scene-on-the-thames-with-boats-r1133253, accessed 27 April 2024.