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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Views of the River Thames and the City, with St Magnus the Martyr and St Paul's Cathedral c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Views of the River Thames and the City, with St Magnus the Martyr and St Paul's Cathedral’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Verso:
Three Views of the River Thames and the City, with St Magnus the Martyr and St Paul’s Cathedral circa 1808
D06757
Turner Bequest CII 19a
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘... large Building between the Cupolas’ across image at centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. These strips of riverside are not at Greenwich but in the City and on the south bank. There is a detail of the tower of the church of St Magnus the Martyr at upper left and St Paul’s at lower right. For further views of the City see folios 21 verso–22 verso (D06761–D06763).

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Three Views of the River Thames and the City, with St Magnus the Martyr and St Paul’s Cathedral 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-three-views-of-the-river-thames-and-the-city-with-st-magnus-r1130850, accessed 25 April 2024.