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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Scotland and London Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats near Waterloo Bridge c.1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats near Waterloo Bridge’ c.1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Boats near Waterloo Bridge circa 1820
D13823
Turner Bequest CLXX 8
Watercolour on off-white wove paper, 177 x 256 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXX – 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn in brown wash alone, this study of a boat on the Thames relates to views of Waterloo Bridge across folios 6 to 10 (D13820–D13824; CLXX 5–9). Although the bridge itself, and other London landmarks are not included, the gaff-rigged sailing boat may be the same as in folio 10, and the bottle oven and shot tower at the right are typical structures found on the south bank of the Thames around Waterloo and Southwark.
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Thomas Ardill
August 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Boats near Waterloo Bridge c.1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2009, 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-boats-near-waterloo-bridge-r1132308, accessed 26 April 2024.