Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Graphite and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 289 × 228 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D08268
Turner Bequest CXXI L
Display caption
The picturesque simplicity of this watercolour has much in common with some of the sketches Turner made on the river Thames. Its subject is unknown, but the footbridge resembles a bridge in a later sketch of Berry Pomeroy Castle in south Devon.
The dry brush used to paint the foliage creates the effect of light just breaking through the trees. Dozens of fingerprints can be seen on this sheet, especially around the base of the group of trees
at the right. Turner often moved and blended the paint with his fingers.
Gallery label, August 2004
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