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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Midlands Town Approached by a Long Bridge 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Midlands Town Approached by a Long Bridge’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
A Midlands Town Approached by a Long Bridge 1830
D22065
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 48
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Inscribed by Turner ‘7’ and ‘2’ beneath arches towards bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘48’ bottom left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVIII – 48’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are related views on folios 42 verso–43 recto and 43 verso (D22054–D22056). This as yet unidentified subject, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, with a long bridge or causeway leading to buildings including a church spire beyond, is presumably in the Midlands, as discussed under D22054.
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Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Midlands Town Approached by a Long 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-a-midlands-town-approached-by-a-long-bridge-r1148706, accessed 20 September 2024.