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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Liverpool from Birkenhead 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Liverpool from Birkenhead’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Verso:
?Liverpool from Birkenhead 1831
D25709
Turner Bequest CCLXV 37a
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of a view across a river to a built-up town may, along with several other sketches in the book, depict Liverpool (see folio 3 verso; D25648). In this case the view is from Birkenhead across the Mersey.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Liverpool from Birkenhead 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-liverpool-from-birkenhead-r1134073, accessed 20 September 2024.