J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Bridge at Amsterdam 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Bridge at Amsterdam’ 1817
Folio 45 Verso:
A Bridge at Amsterdam 1817
D13080
Turner Bequest CLXII 45a
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 93 x 156 mm
Partial watermark: ‘Pro Patria’ design
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Am[...]’ towards bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this bridge was probably on the River Amstel in Amsterdam in light of adjacent drawings, folios 46 recto‒47 recto (D13081‒D13083). For Amsterdam in this sketchbook, see folio 39 verso (D13068).
For the project Drawing from Turner, organised by Tate Britain and the University of Arts London, painter, performance artist and art-filmmaker Marcus Wood made three drawings after this sketch. Wood also drew after a view of Scheveningen Beach, folio 35 recto (D13059).

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘A Bridge at Amsterdam 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/a-bridge-at-amsterdam-r1212455, accessed 31 July 2026.