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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Custom House Quay Looking towards London Bridge c.1825

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Custom House Quay Looking towards London Bridge’ c.1825
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Recto:
Custom House Quay Looking towards London Bridge circa 1825
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Turner Bequest CV 66
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ‘CV 66’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See Introduction to the sketchbook for this subject and for related plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including London Bridge, the Custom House and the Tower. The church of St Magnus the Martyr is seen here beyond the Custom House.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Custom House Quay Looking towards London Bridge c.1825 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-custom-house-quay-looking-towards-london-bridge-r1134616, accessed 26 April 2024.