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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner London Bridge c.1825

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘London Bridge’ c.1825
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 79 Verso:
London Bridge circa 1825
D07089
Turner Bequest CV 69a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this quick outline is continued on folio 80 (D07090; Turner Bequest CV 70) where the tower of the Shot Manufactory on the Bermondsey bank is seen. See Introduction to the sketchbook for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including this subject, the Custom House and the Tower.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘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-london-bridge-r1134624, accessed 19 April 2024.