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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Boats on the River Thames with London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond c.1807-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Boats on the River Thames with London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond’ c.1807-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
Sailing Boats on the River Thames with London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond c.1807–14
D08338
Turner Bequest CXXII 35
Pencil on white wove paper, 69 x 112 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘35’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CXXII – 35’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the main part of this slight sketch is on folio 34 verso opposite (D08337), showing London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral. The towers on this page are St Olave’s Church with a shot tower to its right; neither survives.

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Sailing Boats on the River Thames with London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond c.1807–14 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-sailing-boats-on-the-river-thames-with-london-bridge-and-r1147815, accessed 11 May 2024.