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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Darnick Bridge over the River Tweed 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Darnick Bridge over the River Tweed’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Verso:
Darnick Bridge over the River Tweed 1834
D26207
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 57a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of a two-arched bridge, which comes between views of Melrose and Galashiels in the Edinburgh Sketchbook, is likely to depict Darnick Bridge over the River Tweed to the west of Melrose. The view from the road to the north-west looks east, with the three peaks of Eildon Hill in the distance. Turner is likely to have crossed this bridge on his return to Galashiels from Melrose on 3 October 1834. There follows in the sketchbook a set of sketches of Galashiels, made as he passed through the town on his journey to Edinburgh: folios 58 verso–59 verso (D26209–D26211).

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Darnick Bridge over the River Tweed 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2011, 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-darnick-bridge-over-the-river-tweed-r1136135, accessed 23 September 2024.