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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Abergavenny: The Usk Bridge 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Recto:
Abergavenny: The Usk Bridge 1798
D01497
Turner Bequest XL 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘21’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XL – 21’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing continues on folio 22 verso opposite (D01496; Turner Bequest XL 20a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Abergavenny: The Usk Bridge 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, 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-abergavenny-the-usk-bridge-r1173736, accessed 29 March 2024.