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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats in the Pool of London, with Old London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond ?1824

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats in the Pool of London, with Old London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond’ ?1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Boats in the Pool of London, with Old London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond ?1824
D17871
Turner Bequest CCV 19a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 162 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The slight sketch at the top shows Old London Bridge with the tower of Southwark Cathedral to the west beyond shipping on the River Thames. Below to the left is a separate study of sailing boats. More than half the drawings in this sketchbook show the river in the vicinity of the bridge, and are likely to date from 1824; see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Boats in the Pool of London, with Old London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral Beyond ?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-boats-in-the-pool-of-london-with-old-london-bridge-and-r1172582, accessed 21 September 2024.