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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.3 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping near London Bridge 1820-5

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping near London Bridge’ 1820-5
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Verso:
Shipping near London Bridge 1820–5
D07021
Turner Bequest CV 29a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
St Paul’s Cathedral is seen on the right. The view extends slightly on to folio 33 (D07022; Turner Bequest CV 30), otherwise occupied by a landscape subject. See Introduction to the sketchbook for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including the Custom House and London Bridge.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Shipping near London Bridge 1820–5 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-shipping-near-london-bridge-r1134542, accessed 18 April 2024.