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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Liber Studiorum notes c.1807-19 > Liber Notes (1) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Southwark Bridge under Construction c.1815-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Southwark Bridge under Construction’ c.1815-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
Southwark Bridge under Construction c.1815–16
D10777
Turner Bequest CXLIII 2
Pencil on white wove paper, 102 x 160 mm
Partial watermark ‘een | 14’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically (now smudged and faint)
Stamped in black ‘CXLIII – 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject, drawn with the page turned horizontally, is discussed under the related view on folio 1 recto (D10775); both show the east side of Southwark Bridge under construction. Here the view is effectively head on, as in an architectural elevation;1 there is a slight continuation of the northern arch, truncated on the right here, on folio 1 verso (D10776).
1
Compare J[ohn] Britton and A[ugustus] Pugin, Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London, vol.II, London 1828, pl.2, ‘Southwark Bridge, London’, including the falsework structure.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Southwark Bridge under Construction c.1815–16 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-southwark-bridge-under-construction-r1147663, accessed 25 April 2024.