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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Industrial Buildings by the River Thames around Hammersmith; Trees by the Thames, Possibly with Old Putney Bridge Beyond c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Industrial Buildings by the River Thames around Hammersmith; Trees by the Thames, Possibly with Old Putney Bridge Beyond’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Industrial Buildings by the River Thames around Hammersmith; Trees by the Thames, Possibly with Old Putney Bridge Beyond c.1827
D22447
Turner Bequest CCXL 65
Pencil on white wove paper, 68 x 110 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?w]’ on boat towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘65’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXL – 65’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
At the bottom right is a cluster of waterfront buildings including two tall chimneys, with a boat in the foreground apparently inscribed ‘w’ for white. The scene is probably on the River Thames near Hammersmith, like the views on adjacent pages. Above, drawn inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, is a wooded prospect, possibly along the banks of the Thames, with buildings or a bridge, possibly Old Putney Bridge in the distance on the left. The trees towards the gutter, again inverted, appear to be continued from the distant view of Hammersmith Bridge from the Barnes side on folio 64 verso opposite (D22446).
For other views along the Thames between the bridges at Hammersmith and Putney, see under folio 58 verso (D22434).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Industrial Buildings by the River Thames around Hammersmith; Trees by the Thames, Possibly with Old Putney Bridge Beyond c.1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-industrial-buildings-by-the-river-thames-around-hammersmith-r1148597, accessed 26 April 2024.