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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Verso:
Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour 1798
D01703
Turner Bequest XLII 28
Pencil and pen and ink on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 28’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing is continued on folio 15 recto opposite (D01704; Turner Bequest XLII 29). See folios 13 verso–14 recto (D01701–D01702; Turner Bequest XLII 26–27) for another scene in Bristol harbour, identified in an inscription. Here the location is indicated clearly by the spire of St Mary Redcliffe in the left distance; truncated in a lightning strike of 1446, it may also appear in the preceding drawing.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, 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-bristol-shipping-in-the-harbour-r1173899, accessed 24 April 2024.