Joseph Mallord William Turner

Benson, from the South-West near the Entrance to the Lock, looking over the Weirs to St Helen’s Church

1805

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Thames, from Reading to Walton Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 259 × 370 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D05918
Turner Bequest XCV 14

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This was a right-hand page from the sketchbook. For another probable view of Benson and its church from near the weirs from the sketchbook see Tate D05917; Turner Bequest XCV 13.

There are smudges of green watercolour near the right margin.

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Blank. Laid down.

David Blayney Brown
February 2009

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Benson, from the South-West near the Entrance to the Lock, looking over the Weirs to St Helen’s Church

1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Thames, Caversham Bridge and Reading from the North-West; Caversham Church to the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner Walton Bridge with Walton Church to the Left: Study for ‘Walton Bridges’

Joseph Mallord William Turner Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire: The Interior of St Michael’s Church, Looking East

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Near Marlow, from the Eastern End of Winter Hill, Looking East over Cock Marsh to Bourne End

Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Thames and Pangbourne Lock, with Lower Lock Gates Closed, Looking West Upstream, from under Whitchurch Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Goring: A Distant View from the North

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