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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr's Church and the Monument across the Pool of London; the Tower of St Olave's Church ?1824

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr's Church and the Monument across the Pool of London; the Tower of St Olave's Church’ ?1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr’s Church and the Monument across the Pool of London; the Tower of St Olave’s Church ?1824
D17869
Turner Bequest CCV 18a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 162 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘8 3 6 9 4 10 3 8 3 7 31413’ at intervals above bridge centre left to centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
While omitting the south bank of the River Thames on the left, this is a similar view to that on folios 17 verso–18 recto (D17867, D17868), showing the view north-west across the River Thames to Old London Bridge, with the north bank continued on folio 19 recto opposite (D17870). The numbers above sections of the bridge presumably refer to some aspect of its stonework. At the top left is a detail of the adjacent tower of St Olave’s Church (now gone).
More than half the drawings in this sketchbook show the River Thames around Old London Bridge, and are likely to date from 1824; see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr’s Church and the Monument across the Pool of London; the Tower of St Olave’s Church ?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-old-london-bridge-from-the-southwark-side-with-st-magnus-the-r1172580, accessed 25 April 2024.