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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Hesperides (2) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?On the Thames; Small Building in the Middle Distance 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?On the Thames; Small Building in the Middle Distance’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Verso:
?On the Thames; Small Building in the Middle Distance 1805
D05901
Turner Bequest XCIV 41a
Pencil on white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 143 x 228 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Hill also notes the ‘curious small building in the middle distance’ which, togther with the location, is unidentified. In the sketchbook the view lies between views of Abingdon and Isleworth.

David Blayney Brown
December 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?On the Thames; Small Building in the Middle Distance 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-on-the-thames-small-building-in-the-middle-distance-r1130124, accessed 20 September 2024.