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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Thames at Kew with Kew Bridge 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Thames at Kew with Kew Bridge’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
The Thames at Kew with Kew Bridge 1805
D05498
Turner Bequest XC 6a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although very slight and difficult to make out, this is perhaps a sketch of a view similar to those on folios 7, 8 verso, 9, 9 verso and 11 of the sketchbook (D05499, D05501, D05502, D05503, D05505), depicting Kew Palace and Bridge.

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Thames at Kew with Kew Bridge 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-the-thames-at-kew-with-kew-bridge-r1129809, accessed 25 April 2024.