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 > Greenwich Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bank of the River Thames c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bank of the River Thames’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Verso:
Bank of the River Thames circa 1808
D06754
Turner Bequest CII 17a
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg noted, this subject extends over folio 16 verso (D06752). Turner inverted the sketchbook and folded this leaf to overlap 16 to make his sketch.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Bank of the River Thames c.1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-bank-of-the-river-thames-r1130847, accessed 26 April 2024.