Joseph Mallord William Turner

The drawings between folios 20 verso and 34 verso (D40967, D17979) include rapid studies and notes of barges, flags, costumes and bridges along the River Thames, and appear to record or relate to the Lord Mayor’s Day procession of 9 November 1824, as discussed in the sketchbook’s Introduction. Here Westminster Bridge is seen from the north-east, with the Palace of Westminster schematically rendered beyond. The river appears empty, but the grouping of small squares to the right presumably indicates flags flying from a City barge.