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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Tour of Yorkshire 1816 > Yorkshire 6 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Banks of a River c.1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Banks of a River’ c.1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
The Banks of a River c.1816
D11609
Turner Bequest CXLIX 14
Pencil on white wove paper, 93 x 149 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘14’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXLIX 14’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch consists of a few lines only and offers almost nothing to help with identification. For general notes on the series of unidentified subjects to which this sketch belongs see folio 2 recto (D11597).
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David Hill
October 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘The Banks of a River c.1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-banks-of-a-river-r1143754, accessed 26 April 2024.