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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping in the Pool of London, with Old London Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral Beyond’ ?1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Recto:
Shipping in the Pool of London, with Old London Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral Beyond ?1824
D17896
Turner Bequest CCV 36
Pencil on white wove paper, 162 x 98 mm
Watermark ‘1821’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘36’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCV – 36’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, Turner has made two rapid studies of shipping under sail, one above the other. The top one also indicates the arches of Old London Bridge on the left, seen to the west up the River Thames from the Pool of London, with the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral in the distance near the centre. More than half the drawings in this sketchbook show the river around the bridge, and are likely to date from 1824; see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Shipping in the Pool of London, with Old London Bridge and 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-shipping-in-the-pool-of-london-with-old-london-bridge-and-st-r1172610, accessed 23 April 2024.