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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr's Church and the Monument across the Pool of London ?1824

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr's Church and the Monument across the Pool of London’ ?1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr’s Church and the Monument across the Pool of London ?1824
D17870
Turner Bequest CCV 19
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘19’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCV – 19’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the north bank of the River Thames beside Old London Bridge, seen on folio 18 verso opposite (D17869). The tallest structures are the tower of St Magnus the Martyr’s Church and the Monument.
More than half the drawings in this sketchbook show the river adjacent to the bridge, and are likely to date from 1824; see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Old London Bridge from the Southwark Side, with St Magnus the Martyr’s Church and the Monument across the Pool of London ?1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-old-london-bridge-from-the-southwark-side-with-st-magnus-the-r1172581, accessed 26 April 2024.