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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bridge Over the Greta at Rokeby Park 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bridge Over the Greta at Rokeby Park’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Recto:
Bridge Over the Greta at Rokeby Park 1831
D25627
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 55
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘55’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 55’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted there are two sketches on this page. The main sketch is of the bridge that crosses the River Greta near Rokeby Park. At the top left is a small sketch of Rokeby Park as seen on folio 51 verso (D25622), showing just the central block and two flanking towers from the south.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Bridge Over the Greta at Rokeby Park 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-bridge-over-the-greta-at-rokeby-park-r1133987, accessed 19 April 2024.