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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Blenheim Palace and the Grand Bridge from near the Woodstock Gate; a Bridge 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Blenheim Palace and the Grand Bridge from near the Woodstock Gate; a Bridge’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
Blenheim Palace and the Grand Bridge from near the Woodstock Gate; a Bridge 1830
D21992
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘11’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVIII – 11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The left-hand two thirds of the page form a continuation from the view on folio 10 verso opposite (D21991), under which the subject is discussed. There is a rough pencil line separating the main drawing from a slighter one made at the outer edge with the page turned vertically, showing what appears to be a different bridge, possibly with boats on a river or canal in the foreground. 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 near the Woodstock Gate; a 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-palace-and-the-grand-bridge-from-near-the-woodstock-r1148634, accessed 19 April 2024.