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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > Tweed and Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Brotherswater 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brotherswater’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Recto:
Brotherswater 1797
D01049
Turner Bequest XXXV 47
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Part watermark ‘E & P’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Broad Water’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 47’ bottom left, descending vertically
Finberg transcribed the inscription as ‘Browwater’, but guessed that Brotherswater was intended. Broadwater was an alternative name for Brotherswater. Drawn with the page turned horizontally, the view, looking south across the water, takes in the old bridge at the right and Hartsop Dodd in the centre. Two further views of Brotherswater are on the following leaves, folios 63 recto and 64 recto (D01050, D01051; Turner Bequest XXXV 48, 49).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘141.47’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Brotherswater 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-brotherswater-r1150226, accessed 25 April 2024.