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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Wharves and Shipping in the Pool of London below Old London Bridge, with St Paul's Cathedral Beyond ?1824

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wharves and Shipping in the Pool of London below Old London Bridge, with St Paul's Cathedral Beyond’ ?1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
Wharves and Shipping in the Pool of London below Old London Bridge, with St Paul’s Cathedral Beyond ?1824
D17863
Turner Bequest CCV 15a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 162 mm
Part watermark ‘lls | 1’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Battle Bros]’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Occupying the outer half of the page, this slight study of the waterfront along the south bank of the River Thames is a continuation from the double-page view on folios 16 verso–17 recto (D17865–D17866), under the first of which the subject is discussed. Turner’s rather unclear inscription here may refer to a company occupying buildings here.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Wharves and Shipping in the Pool of London below Old London Bridge, with St Paul’s Cathedral Beyond ?1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-wharves-and-shipping-in-the-pool-of-london-below-old-london-r1172574, accessed 23 April 2024.