With sketches and drawings running from the verso to folio 86 verso of the sketchbook (
D10550–D10565; Turner Bequest CXL 71–78a), this drawing is associated by Eric Shanes with Turner’s watercolour
Richmond Terrace, Surrey (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool),
1 engraved by J.T. Willmore in 1838 for
Picturesque Views in England and Wales. The last of Turner’s many representations of this famous prospect, it was perhaps prompted by King William IV’s construction of a terraced promenade in 1834.
2 With other Richmond views in this sketchbook, those from the hill are probably much earlier and related to other works as well, beginning with the painting
England: Richmond Hill, on the Prince Regent’s Birthday (Tate
N00502)
3 exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819. Butlin and Joll’s discussion of the picture refers to folios 85–90 (
D10562–D10572; Turner Bequest CXL 77–82), dating them about 1815, but makes no mention of the numerous other views, presumably because few were then identified. See notes to folio 76 verso (
D10545; Turner Bequest CXL 68a) for a particular similarity to buildings depicted in the watercolour (Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight)
4 engraved by Edward Goodall in 1826 for
The Literary Souvenir but probably originally intended for
England and Wales.
