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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of the Medieval and Roman Bridges at Narni 1819

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 67 Recto:
Studies of the Medieval and Roman Bridges at Narni 1819
D14783
Turner Bequest CLXXVII 67
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 186 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘67’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVII 67’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner has used the page for several separate studies of various parts of the ruined Roman Bridge of Augustus and the adjacent medieval bridge at Narni, see folio 61 verso (D14772). The sketch on the far right-hand side depicts the northernmost pier of the former and is a continuation of the view on the previous double-page spread, see folio 66 (D14781). Turner has folded back the preceding sheet in order to complete the length of the bridge on the underlying page. Meanwhile, the sketch in the bottom left-hand corner is a slight continuation of the view on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 66 verso (D14782).

Nicola Moorby
November 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Studies of the Medieval and Roman Bridges at Narni 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2008, 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-studies-of-the-medieval-and-roman-bridges-at-narni-r1138946, accessed 10 April 2024.