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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Bridges and Boats 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Bridges and Boats’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Verso:
Sketches of Bridges and Boats 1831
D25761
Turner Bequest CCLXV 65a
Pencil on white wove paper, 96 x 59 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ?‘Q7’ bottom right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner used this page for a number of slight sketches, including, towards the foredge of the page, a sketch of a sailing boat which may be connected to the boats on folio 64 verso (D25759). At the bottom of the page, near the gutter, is a sketch of an arched bridge with a tall, slender tower to the left. This may be one of the bridges over the River Irwell at Manchester with a chimney or shot tower at the left. There is a similar sketch on folio 12 (D25663).

Thomas Ardill
September 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sketches of Bridges and Boats 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-sketches-of-bridges-and-boats-r1134125, accessed 25 April 2024.