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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Town 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Town’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Recto:
Sketches of Town 1824
D19688
Turner Bequest CCXVI 70
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘[smith &] allnut | [18]22’
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘70’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–70’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner pictures a wooden bridge crossing a river or stream leading to part of a town at the base of a ridge. Atop the heights in the background is what appears to be a fortification, with a square watchtower at centre.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches of Town 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-sketches-of-town-r1174477, accessed 20 September 2024.