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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bristol: Clifton from across the Avon Gorge c.1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Bristol: Clifton from across the Avon Gorge c.1813
D09902
Turner Bequest CXXXV 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 113 mm
Part watermark ‘mott | 11
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXV – 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing continues on folio 7 verso opposite (D09901), under which the subject is discussed.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Bristol: Clifton from across the Avon Gorge c.1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, 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-bristol-clifton-from-across-the-avon-gorge-r1147857, accessed 28 March 2024.