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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping off the Custom House near London Bridge c.1825

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping off the Custom House near London Bridge’ c.1825
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
Shipping off the Custom House near London Bridge circa 1825
D07042
Turner Bequest CV 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘80 ... 40 | 10 | 12 || 12 | 18’ at left, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See Introduction to the sketchbook for this subject and for related plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including the Custom House.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Shipping off the Custom House near London Bridge c.1825 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-shipping-off-the-custom-house-near-london-bridge-r1134566, accessed 25 April 2024.