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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Chester and the River Dee from near Grosvenor Bridge ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Chester and the River Dee from near Grosvenor Bridge’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Verso:
Chester and the River Dee from near Grosvenor Bridge ?1831
D22272
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 65a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 191 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Ba | 18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, is north-east across the River Dee to Chester Castle, with the Old Dee Bridge in the distance to the right (now obscured by trees). The viewpoint is the southern approach to Grosvenor Bridge, then under construction, and apparently shown to the left. The view continues a little to the right on folio 64 verso (D22270). Compare the view on folio 67 recto (D22274).
For other views of Chester, and the history of Grosvenor Bridge, see under folio 14 verso (D22176).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Chester and the River Dee from near Grosvenor Bridge ?1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, 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-chester-and-the-river-dee-from-near-grosvenor-bridge-r1148918, accessed 25 April 2024.