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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Wallingford Bridge ?1792-3

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wallingford Bridge’ ?1792-3
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Wallingford Bridge ?1792–3
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Turner Bequest XVII G
Pencil on white wove paper, 216 x 272 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with letters and numerals ‘G’, ‘T’, ‘S’, ‘3’ within drawing
Inscribed in red ink ‘XVII.G.’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XVII G’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Probably the basis for the subject engraved for the Pocket Magazine, 1795.1 There is another drawing on the verso (D40226).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.312 no.111.

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Wallingford Bridge ?1792–3 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-wallingford-bridge-r1141317, accessed 25 April 2024.