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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.3 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges, Somerset House at Left and St Paul's Cathedral in the Distance c.1825

Image 1 of 2
  • Enhanced image
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges, Somerset House at Left and St Paul's Cathedral in the Distance’ c.1825
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 85 Recto:
Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges, Somerset House at Left and St Paul’s Cathedral in the Distance circa 1825
D07100
Turner Bequest CV 75
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘75’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CV 75’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, the subject continues on folio 84 verso (D07099; Turner Bequest 74a). Blackfriars Bridge is seen through the arches of Waterloo Bridge. See Introduction for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including London Bridge, the Custom House and the Tower. For Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House, see note to folio 81 (D07092; Turner Bequest CV 71).

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges, Somerset House at Left and St Paul’s Cathedral in the Distance 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-waterloo-and-blackfriars-bridges-somerset-house-at-left-and-r1134635, accessed 25 April 2024.