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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Hammersmith Bridge from Barnes c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hammersmith Bridge from Barnes’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 64 Recto:
Hammersmith Bridge from Barnes c.1827
D22445
Turner Bequest CCXL 64
Pencil on white wove paper, 68 x 110 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘64’ top left, upside down (now very faint)
Stamped in black ‘CCXL – 64’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this slight view continues on folio 63 verso opposite (D22444). It shows Hammersmith Bridge through trees on the Barnes bank of the River Thames, looking north-west to the waterfront at Hammersmith (on the other page). As discussed under folio 58 verso (D22434), where other Hammersmith views are mentioned, Turner’s studies of the bridge seem to have a rather provisional air, and may show it still under construction before its October 1827 opening.

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Hammersmith Bridge from Barnes c.1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-hammersmith-bridge-from-barnes-r1148595, accessed 26 April 2024.