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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Men Fishing from a Bridge 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Men Fishing from a Bridge’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Men Fishing from a Bridge 1808
D06891
Turner Bequest CIV 27a
Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 162 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is unidentified, but see Introduction to the sketchbook for Turner’s excursion into North Wales from Tabley in 1808 and his fondness for fishing.

David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Men Fishing from a Bridge 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-men-fishing-from-a-bridge-r1133647, accessed 24 April 2024.