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 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?View over Richmond Bridge from the Twickenham Bank of the Thames 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?View over Richmond Bridge from the Twickenham Bank of the Thames’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Verso:
?View over Richmond Bridge from the Twickenham Bank of the Thames 1805
D06209
Turner Bequest XCVIII 20a
Pen and ink on white laid paper, 182 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook upright, but continued on folio 21 (D06210). See folios ‘View of a town, with trees and bridge in foreground’
Despite his question-mark, Hill seems to be right in proposing that this is a view of Richmond Bridge seen from further away than in folios 19 verso–20 (D06207–D06208). Folios 21 verso–22 (D06211–D06212) have a more distant view again.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?View over Richmond Bridge from the Twickenham Bank of the Thames 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-view-over-richmond-bridge-from-the-twickenham-bank-of-the-r1130393, accessed 25 April 2024.