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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome to Rimini Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Rimini, with a Bridge 1829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Rimini, with a Bridge’ 1829
Folio 52 Recto:
Views of Rimini, with a Bridge 1829
D14925
Turner Bequest CLXXVIII 52
Pencil on white laid paper, 97 x 132 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Rimini’ towards bottom left, upside down
Inscribed in red ink ‘52’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVIII – 52’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In the upper half of this page is a view of riverside buildings and a bridge, possibly the Ponte di Tiberio. This study is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation and continues on folio 51 verso opposite (D14924). The location is possibly Rimini, the subject of the lower labelled sketch that appears upside down (upright as foliated).

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Views of Rimini, with a Bridge 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/views-of-rimini-with-a-bridge-r1210294, accessed 05 April 2026.