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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Landscape with a Bridge ?and a Boat c.1807-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Landscape with a Bridge ?and a Boat’ c.1807-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
A Landscape with a Bridge ?and a Boat c.1807–14
D08308
Turner Bequest CXXII 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 69 x 112 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CXXII – 16’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg’s title suggests, this slight drawing, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, appears to show the arches of a bridge in the distance, perhaps with a sailing boat to the right. There are various identified and likely subjects along the River Thames in this sketchbook, as discussed in the Introduction, so this might be the Thames itself or in the vicinity.
Technical notes:
The soft surface of the page is heavily rubbed across the outer half.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Landscape with a Bridge ?and a Boat c.1807–14 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-a-landscape-with-a-bridge-and-a-boat-r1147784, accessed 13 May 2024.