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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A River with Wooded Banks, Probably the Thames c.1807-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River with Wooded Banks, Probably the Thames’ c.1807-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Verso:
A River with Wooded Banks, Probably the Thames c.1807–14
D08351
Turner Bequest CXXII 42a
Pencil on white wove paper, 69 x 112 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch on folio 41 verso (D08349) probably shows Syon House, on the River Thames at Brentford, west of London, and earlier pages show sites further west (see the sketchbook’s Introduction). The present drawing, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, is also likely to show the rural Thames, although the lack of landmarks precludes a straightforward identification.
Technical notes:
The outer edges of the page are stained from proximity to the leather overlaps under the paste-down inside the back cover (D40901).

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A River with Wooded Banks, Probably the Thames c.1807–14 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-river-with-wooded-banks-probably-the-thames-r1147829, accessed 16 July 2025.