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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Thames from Richmond Hill, with Richmond Bridge, and Isleworth Church in the Distance 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Thames from Richmond Hill, with Richmond Bridge, and Isleworth Church in the Distance’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
The Thames from Richmond Hill, with Richmond Bridge, and Isleworth Church in the Distance 1805
D05526
Turner Bequest XC 25
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XC 25’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is downstream in the direction of Isleworth. See also folio 24 of the sketchbook (D05524).
The presence of All Saints’ Church, Isleworth at almost exactly the centre of the sketch, in the middle distance to right of the central arch of Richmond Bridge, was noticed by Hill.
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David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Thames from Richmond Hill, with Richmond Bridge, and Isleworth Church in the Distance 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-from-richmond-hill-with-richmond-bridge-and-r1129838, accessed 26 April 2024.