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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Stirling: The Old Bridge over the Forth 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Stirling: The Old Bridge over the Forth’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 163 Recto:
Stirling: The Old Bridge over the Forth 1801
D03228
Turner Bequest LVI 161
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘mott | 97’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Stirling Bridge’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘161’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 161’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the subject on folio 162 verso opposite (D03227; Turner Bequest LVI 160a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Stirling: The Old Bridge over the Forth 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-stirling-the-old-bridge-over-the-forth-r1179424, accessed 27 April 2024.