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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Blenheim Park, with the Palace beyond the Grand Bridge 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Blenheim Park, with the Palace beyond the Grand Bridge’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
Blenheim Park, with the Palace beyond the Grand Bridge 1830
D21985
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 6a
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Bar | 18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The outline of Blenheim Palace is seen to the south across Queen Pool with the Grand Bridge below, south-west of Turner’s viewpoint. There is a rapid continuation of trees in the foreground on folio 7 recto opposite (D21986), where additional sketches in the park appear.
For other views of Blenheim, see under folio 2 verso (D21978).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Blenheim Park, with the Palace beyond the Grand Bridge 1830 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-blenheim-park-with-the-palace-beyond-the-grand-bridge-r1148627, accessed 24 April 2024.