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 > Hints River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures on a River Bank c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures on a River Bank’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Verso:
Figures on a River Bank circa 1815–18
D10627
Turner Bequest CXLI 25a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 26 of the sketchbook (D10628) this quick sketch seems to show figures and boats at the side of a river. In the context of the sketchbook this is likely to be another Richmond subject.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Figures on a River Bank c.1815–18 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-figures-on-a-river-bank-r1131680, accessed 25 April 2024.