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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Mansion by a Bridge 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Mansion by a Bridge’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
A Mansion by a Bridge 1808
D06988
Turner Bequest CV 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CV 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Turner’s visit to Tabley in 1808, see Introduction to the sketchbook. Following two views of St Peter’s Chapel alongside the Old Hall on folios 2 and 3 (D06985, D06986) and another perhaps of the bridge to the island in the Moat on which they stood, on folio 4 (D06987), this sketch might be thought to be the Old Hall itself (also see Introduction). However, it seems to be a different building and there appear to be hills in the background.
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David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Mansion by a Bridge 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-a-mansion-by-a-bridge-r1134505, accessed 26 April 2024.