Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Venice Canal Bridge with a Distant Tower

1840

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Venice and Botzen Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 123 × 173 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D31898
Turner Bequest CCCXIII 55

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This rapid, very slight sketch was made with the page turned horizontally. It shows a bridge spanning a canal, perhaps with another framed within the arch, and a tower beyond, but the subject appears too generic for ready identification.

At the bottom right is an inverted bridge, in the foreground of a separate canal view extending across the gutter from folio 54 verso opposite (D31897).

Matthew Imms
September 2018

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