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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Shrewsbury: The Castle and Town; the Welsh Bridge ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Shrewsbury: The Castle and Town; the Welsh Bridge’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 73 Recto:
Views of Shrewsbury: The Castle and Town; the Welsh Bridge ?1831
D22283
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 191 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘72’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 72’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page comprises disjointed studies of Shrewsbury Castle and the nearby tower of Shrewsbury School (now Shrewsbury Library) from the north, with the church spires of St Mary the Virgin and St Alkmund. Compare the views on folios 72 recto and verso (D22281, D22282; Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 71, 71a). Below are sketches of the five-arched Welsh Bridge over the River Severn west of the castle.
For other views of Shrewsbury, see under folio 24 recto (D22182).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Views of Shrewsbury: The Castle and Town; the Welsh 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-views-of-shrewsbury-the-castle-and-town-the-welsh-bridge-r1148931, accessed 27 April 2024.