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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Below Winchelsea; Sheep Crossing a Wooden Bridge c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Below Winchelsea; Sheep Crossing a Wooden Bridge’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Below Winchelsea; Sheep Crossing a Wooden Bridge circa 1806–10
D05721
Turner Bequest XCII 3
Pencil and black and white chalks on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 3’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This bridge is probably across a stream in the meadows below Winchelsea, in Rye Marsh or Pett Level. A detail of this bridge is on folio 2 verso of the sketchbook (D05720).
Verso:
Blank save for traces of grey wash.

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Below Winchelsea; Sheep Crossing a Wooden Bridge c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-below-winchelsea-sheep-crossing-a-wooden-bridge-r1131034, accessed 26 April 2024.