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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bridge on a River, ?near Lyon 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bridge on a River, ?near Lyon’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
Bridge on a River, ?near Lyon 1819
D14075
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIII 54’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch currently remains unidentified although it may represent a view near Lyon. The vista includes a river crossed by a bridge with three arches.
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Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Bridge on a River, ?near Lyon 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bridge-on-a-river-near-lyon-r1142934, accessed 25 April 2024.