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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Blenheim Palace and the Grand Bridge from across the Lake 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Blenheim Palace and the Grand Bridge from across the Lake’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Verso:
Blenheim Palace and the Grand Bridge from across the Lake 1830
D21989
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 9a
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Ba | 18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s viewpoint is the shore of Queen Pool, looking south to Blenheim Palace and south-west to the Great Bridge. There is a slight continuation on folio 10 recto opposite (D21990).
For other views of Blenheim, see under folio 2 verso (D21978).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Blenheim Palace and the Grand Bridge from across the Lake 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-palace-and-the-grand-bridge-from-across-the-lake-r1148631, accessed 26 April 2024.