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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Thames at Richmond c.1808-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The River Thames at Richmond’ c.1808-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Verso:
The River Thames at Richmond circa 1808–10
D07033
Turner Bequest CV 37a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Red light’ centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This subject seems to be the Surrey bank of the Thames; the opposite bank is seen in a continuation on folio 41 of the sketchbook (D07121; Turner Bequest CV 87a).

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The River Thames at Richmond c.1808–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-the-river-thames-at-richmond-r1134555, accessed 25 April 2024.