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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River Scene, with Town in Distance c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River Scene, with Town in Distance’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Verso:
River Scene, with Town in Distance circa 1805–9
D06441
Turner Bequest XCIX 49a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘River Scene, with Town in Distance c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-river-scene-with-town-in-distance-r1130636, accessed 25 April 2024.