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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Southwark Bridge under Construction, with Blackfriars Bridge Beyond c.1815-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Southwark Bridge under Construction, with Blackfriars Bridge Beyond’ c.1815-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Southwark Bridge under Construction, with Blackfriars Bridge Beyond c.1815–16
D10776
Turner Bequest CXLIII 1a
Pencil on white wove paper, 102 x 160 mm
Partial watermark ‘een | 14’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch, drawn with the page turned horizontally, shows the view up the Thames westwards through the northernmost arch of Southwark Bridge, under construction between 1815 and 1819, with part of Blackfriars Bridge – a pier with coupled columns – in the distance. The subject is discussed under the more detailed study on the recto (D10775), and there is a further sketch on folio 2 recto opposite (D10777), to which the current sketch effectively forms a continuation to the right.

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Southwark Bridge under Construction, with Blackfriars Bridge Beyond c.1815–16 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-southwark-bridge-under-construction-with-blackfriars-bridge-r1147662, accessed 25 April 2024.