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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Map or Plan c.1808-18

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 64 Verso:
A Map or Plan c.1808–18
D12212
Turner Bequest CLIV a 63a
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 112 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing appears to show topographical features, but it is loose an unresolved and has yet to be identified with a particular site. There may be a bridge or entrance at the top, from which a meandering, serpentine line seems to approach a bridge or tunnel-like feature at the centre right.

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Map or Plan c.1808–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-map-or-plan-r1147629, accessed 29 March 2024.