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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Bridge Church and Bridge at Susa, with the Castle beyond 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Bridge Church and Bridge at Susa, with the Castle beyond’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Verso:
The Bridge Church and Bridge at Susa, with the Castle beyond
D29237
Turner Bequest CCXIV 13 (but see main catalogue entry)
Pencil on white wove paper, 104 x 148 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg surmised, this sketch records the Chiese del Ponte and bridge at Susa. The Castello di Adelaide is in the background.
This side of the page is bound is bound as the verso although it was described as the recto by Finberg. The other side, properly 13 recto, is blank but inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘13’ top right and with the Turner Bequest schedule number ‘357’ bottom right. It was obviously presented as the recto when the page was inscribed and numbered. It is not clear why Finberg chose to ignore this in his numbering unless he preferred to prioritise the drawn side.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘The Bridge Church and Bridge at Susa, with the Castle beyond 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, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-bridge-church-and-bridge-at-susa-with-the-castle-beyond-r1144789, accessed 26 April 2024.