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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner City Barges in the Lord Mayor's Day Pageant on the River Thames 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘City Barges in the Lord Mayor's Day Pageant on the River Thames’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Verso:
City Barges in the Lord Mayor’s Day Pageant on the River Thames 1824
D17971
Turner Bequest CCVI 30a
Pencil on white wove paper, 100 x 160 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blue’ and ‘Red’ towards top left on flags, ‘Blue’ at centre by coat of arms, ‘[?Jacket R... | ...]’ top right, and ‘B... Red’ centre right above barge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawings between folios 20 verso and 34 verso (D40967, D17979) include rapid studies and notes of barges, flags, costumes and bridges along the River Thames, and appear to record or relate to the Lord Mayor’s Day procession of 9 November 1824, as discussed in the sketchbook’s Introduction. Here one of the large City barges adorned with flags is the focus, with another barge or large boat beyond. There are colour notes on and around the craft.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘City Barges in the Lord Mayor’s Day Pageant on the River Thames 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-city-barges-in-the-lord-mayors-day-pageant-on-the-river-r1172689, accessed 19 April 2024.