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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Historical Subject: A Town with Towers and a Bridge, in a Thunder Storm c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Historical Subject: A Town with Towers and a Bridge, in a Thunder Storm’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
Study for a Historical Subject: A Town with Towers and a Bridge, in a Thunder Storm c.1799–1805
D05013
Turner Bequest LXXXI 111
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘111’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–111’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 56 verso opposite (D05012; Turner Bequest LXXXI 110), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for a Historical Subject: A Town with Towers and a Bridge, in a Thunder Storm c.1799–1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-for-a-historical-subject-a-town-with-towers-and-a-r1178217, accessed 20 September 2024.