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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Reach of the Thames, and Two Figures 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Reach of the Thames, and Two Figures’ 1805 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
A Reach of the Thames, and Two Figures 1805
D40574
Turner Bequest
Pencil and pen and ink on off-white wove paper, 150 x 258 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The location of this very slight sketch of the river cannot be identified. The two figures are drawn in ink and seem unrelated.

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Reach of the Thames, and Two Figures 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2007, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-reach-of-the-thames-and-two-figures-r1129933, accessed 19 April 2024.