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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Town with a Square Church Tower and Bridge 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Town with a Square Church Tower and Bridge’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
A Town with a Square Church Tower and Bridge 1798
D01524
Turner Bequest XL 36
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘36’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XL – 36’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing continues on folio 37 verso opposite (D01523; Turner Bequest XL 35a), under which the subject is discussed.
Verso:
Blank. There are watercolour smears along the outer edge, carried from folio 39 verso (D01526; Turner Bequest XL 37a).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Town with a Square Church Tower and 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-a-town-with-a-square-church-tower-and-bridge-r1173763, accessed 23 September 2024.