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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Tower and a Single-Arched Bridge 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Tower and a Single-Arched Bridge’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
A Ruined Tower and a Single-Arched Bridge 1801
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Turner Bequest LIV 6
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIV 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a very rapid and slight sketch; it has not been possible to identify the ruin, which may be that of a pele tower such as are often encountered in Northumberland, Cumbria and the Borders.
Verso:
Blank; washed with a mauve-pink ground; stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Tower and a Single-Arched Bridge 1801 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-a-ruined-tower-and-a-single-arched-bridge-r1178808, accessed 26 April 2024.