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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Devil's Bridge and Gorge of the River Reuss 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Devil's Bridge and Gorge of the River Reuss’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
The Devil’s Bridge and Gorge of the River Reuss 1802
D04642
Turner Bequest LXXV 50
Pencil, black and white chalks on white wove paper prepared with grey wash, 473 x 315 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘50’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXV 50’ bottom left descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
For Turner’s visit to the St Gotthard Pass and Reuss gorge in 1802 see Introduction to the sketchbook and notes to D04628; Turner Bequest LXXV 36; and for the Devil’s Bridge especially, D04629; Turner Bequest LXXV 37, a view of the structure from the Andermatt road. As Finberg noted, this view is quite similar.
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David Blayney Brown
October 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Devil’s Bridge and Gorge of the River Reuss 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2011, 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-the-devils-bridge-and-gorge-of-the-river-reuss-r1146507, accessed 25 April 2024.