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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner London Bridge and the Shot Manufactory, Bermondsey c.1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘London Bridge and the Shot Manufactory, Bermondsey’ c.1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 80 Recto:
London Bridge and the Shot Manufactory, Bermondsey circa 1835
D07090
Turner Bequest CV 70
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘70’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CV 70’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this subject is continued on folio 79 verso (D07089; Turner Bequest CV 69a). Here, the tower of the Shot Manufactory, Bermondsey, is seen on the left.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘London Bridge and the Shot Manufactory, Bermondsey c.1835 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-and-the-shot-manufactory-bermondsey-r1134625, accessed 18 September 2024.