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 Banks of the River Thames c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Banks of the River Thames’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Recto:
Banks of the River Thames circa 1808
D06790
Turner Bequest CII 36
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘36’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CII 36’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two strips of Thames riverbank, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, continue on folio 35 verso (D06789), for which see catalogue note.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Banks 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-banks-of-the-river-thames-r1130883, accessed 26 April 2024.