Joseph Mallord William Turner

Figures near a Bridge, and Cottage Interior with Figures

1809

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Lowther Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 83 × 114 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D07865
Turner Bequest CXIII 7 a

Catalogue entry

There are two subjects here. At left, drawn vertically and enclosed by a line, is a quick sketch of a bridge with a small house and a road or towpath with figures leaning over a wall towards a canal or river. Filling the main part of the leaf and continued on folio 8 (D07866) is a sketch of a cottage interior with figures.

David Blayney Brown
July 2009

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