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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Severn Valley from High Rock, Bridgnorth; Houses at ?Bridgnorth ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Severn Valley from High Rock, Bridgnorth; Houses at ?Bridgnorth’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 76 Verso:
The Severn Valley from High Rock, Bridgnorth; Houses at ?Bridgnorth ?1831
D22290
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 75a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 191 mm
Partial watermark ‘rnard | 20’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is north from High Rock on the outskirts of Bridgnorth, looking up the valley of the meandering River Severn, past Astley Abbotts on the left in the direction of modern-day Telford. The composition is repeated on a smaller scale on the recto (D22289). At the bottom are details of buildings, those on the left apparently with boats beside them, probably on the riverfront at Bridgnorth. For other views of the town, see under folio 1 recto (D22151).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Severn Valley from High Rock, Bridgnorth; Houses at ?Bridgnorth ?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-the-severn-valley-from-high-rock-bridgnorth-houses-at-r1148938, accessed 20 September 2024.