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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Durham: The Prebend's Bridge with the Cathedral Beyond 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Durham: The Prebend's Bridge with the Cathedral Beyond’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Durham: The Prebend’s Bridge with the Cathedral Beyond 1797
D01091
Turner Bequest XXXV 89
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Part watermark ‘1796’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 89’ bottom left, descending vertically
This drawing, made with the page turned horizontally, is evidence that Turner equipped himself with detailed knowledge of the Prebend’s Bridge, though he did not execute his watercolour view of Durham from the bridge, for the Picturesque Views in England and Wales until the mid-1830s (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh);1 it was engraved in 1837 (Tate impression: T05101). Then, he incorporated only a fragment of the masonry of the parapet into his composition, establishing a viewpoint but hardly more. See the entry for folio 16 recto (Tate D01014; Turner Bequest XXXV 11).
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Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.402 no.873, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Durham: The Prebend’s Bridge with the Cathedral Beyond 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-durham-the-prebends-bridge-with-the-cathedral-beyond-r1150185, accessed 19 April 2024.