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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees by the River Thames at Barnes, with Hammersmith Bridge Beyond c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees by the River Thames at Barnes, with Hammersmith Bridge Beyond’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Verso:
Trees by the River Thames at Barnes, with Hammersmith Bridge Beyond c.1827
D22454
Turner Bequest CCXL 68a
Pencil on white wove paper, 68 x 110 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this sketch appears to show Hammersmith Bridge, its twin supports and curving suspension cables lightly indicated on the right, looking north-west beyond trees on the rural Barnes bank of the River Thames. 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, ‘Trees by the River Thames at Barnes, with Hammersmith Bridge Beyond 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-trees-by-the-river-thames-at-barnes-with-hammersmith-bridge-r1148604, accessed 26 April 2024.