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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Town Seen from near a Bridge over a River c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Town Seen from near a Bridge over a River’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
A Town Seen from near a Bridge over a River c.1794
D00297
Turner Bequest XX 27
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘27’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XX 27’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, is continued from folio 26 verso opposite (D00296). The town may be Aylesford in Kent.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram top centre.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Town Seen from near a Bridge over a River c.1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-a-town-seen-from-near-a-bridge-over-a-river-r1140690, accessed 24 April 2024.