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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Eamont Bridge near Penrith 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Eamont Bridge near Penrith’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
?Eamont Bridge near Penrith 1809
D07543
Turner Bequest CX 5
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘grey’, ‘Light’ and ‘Yellow Light’ within sky
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CX 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A quick, slight sketch in which the variegated sky is the main subject. The bridge is perhaps not the same as that on folio 4 of the sketchbook (D07542), identifiable as Gote Bridge, Cockermouth. As folio 6 (D07544) shows Cross Fell, east of Penrith, it might be Eamont Bridge just south of the town and drawn at the time of Turner’s visit to Lowther Castle.
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David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Eamont Bridge near Penrith 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-eamont-bridge-near-penrith-r1135658, accessed 25 April 2024.