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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > French Tour 1821 > Dieppe, Rouen and Paris Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bridges at Saint-Cloud 1821

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bridges at Saint-Cloud’ 1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Verso:
Bridges at Saint-Cloud 1821
D24540
Turner Bequest CCLVIII 21a
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 123 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn from above the River Seine at Saint-Cloud is a view south along the river with its two bridges. This sketch has been associated with the artist’s gouache and watercolour of Bridges of St-Cloud and Sèvre, c.1833 (Tate D24689; Turner Bequest CCLIX 123), designed for Turner’s Annual Tour, 1835 (Tate T05618), although this sketch focuses on the Pont de Sèvre rather than that of St-Cloud.1
For Turner’s other sketches at Saint-Cloud in this sketchbook see folio 3 verso (Tate D24505; Turner Bequest CCLVIII 3a).
1
Wilton 1979, p.415 under no.980; Warrell 1999, p.277 under no.142.
Technical notes:
The darkening around the edge of this page suggests damage from light exposure, although the page is not listed as having been extensively exhibited.

Thomas Ardill
February 2013

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Bridges at Saint-Cloud 1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bridges-at-saint-cloud-r1146327, accessed 19 April 2024.