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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Tour of Yorkshire 1816 > Yorkshire 1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boroughbridge from the East 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boroughbridge from the East’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32:
Boroughbridge from the East 1816
D10926
Turner Bequest CXLIV 32
Pencil on white wove paper, 97 x 154 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Boro B’
Inscribed by unknown hand, possibly John Ruskin, in red ink ‘32’, bottom right and bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXLIV 32’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Boroughbridge bridge is seen over the lock to the right, with the church in the distance, and a detail of the church tower above.

David Hill
January 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Boroughbridge from the East 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-boroughbridge-from-the-east-r1144114, accessed 24 April 2024.