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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Manchester, Blackfriar's Bridge 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Manchester, Blackfriar's Bridge’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Manchester, Blackfriar’s Bridge 1831
D25663
Turner Bequest CCLXV 12
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with a rather cautious hand is a sketch of Blackfriar’s Bridge over the River Irwell at Manchester with what is either a shot tower or a chimney (perhaps of one of Manchester’s many cotton mills) beyond to the left. There are associated sketches on folios 19, 34 verso–37 and 65 verso (D25674, D25703– D25708, D25761).

Thomas Ardill
September 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Manchester, Blackfriar’s Bridge 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-manchester-blackfriars-bridge-r1134026, accessed 19 April 2024.