Joseph Mallord William Turner

Preston from Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 114 × 187 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D25783
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 11 a

Catalogue entry

This sketch, continued on folio 12 (D25784), is Turner’s fourth view of Preston from Walton-le-Dale. With the Church of St Leonard at the left and the arched bridge over the Ribble at the right (folio 12), we look towards the houses, churches and factories of Preston. See folio 8 verso (D25777) for references to the other sketches of this view.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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