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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Thames from Richmond Hill c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The River Thames from Richmond Hill’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Recto:
The River Thames from Richmond Hill circa 1816–19
D10560
Turner Bequest CXL 76
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘St Ann Hill’ top left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘76’ top left, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 76’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See notes to folio 78 verso of the sketchbook (D10549; Turner Bequest CXL 70a) for a run of sketches associated by Eric Shanes with Turner’s watercolour Richmond Terrace, Surrey (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) )1 engraved by J.T. Willmore in 1836 for Picturesque Views in England and Wales, but surely earlier and related to other Richmond subjects as well. Here, the Thames runs left of centre and on the horizon at upper left Turner notes St Anne’s Hill, Windsor. Andrew Wilton speculates that if not painted direct from nature, the watercolour study (Tate D17192; Turner Bequest CXCVII B) might be based on this drawing.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

1
Andrew Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, Fribourg 1979, p.403 no.879.

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The River Thames from Richmond Hill c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-the-river-thames-from-richmond-hill-r1131554, accessed 20 September 2024.