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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bridge Over the River Kent at Kendal 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bridge Over the River Kent at Kendal’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Bridge Over the River Kent at Kendal 1831
D25795
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘18’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 18’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two sketches of arched bridges show the same bridge as in folio 16 (D25791), which has been identified as the bridge over the River Kent at Kendal. See folio 14 (D25787).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Bridge Over the River Kent at Kendal 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-bridge-over-the-river-kent-at-kendal-r1134162, accessed 18 September 2024.