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 55 Recto:
Liverpool from Birkenhead 1831
D25741
Turner Bequest CCLXV 55
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘55’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 55’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch, drawn with the book inverted, may depict a view of Liverpool seen from across the Mersey. A similar view of a town with the same dome and spires is depicted on folio 53 (D25737) where the sun and its reflection in the water are also shown. Turner made several sketches of Liverpool in this sketchbook, see folio 3 verso (D25648) for references.

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-r1134105, accessed 26 April 2024.