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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Scenes on a River c.1821

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Scenes on a River’ c.1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
Scenes on a River c.1821
D17498
Turner Bequest CXCIX 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 190 x 112 mm
Stamped in black ‘CXCIX – 86’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned vertically, Turner composes two drawings on this page, which Finberg describes as ‘Scenes on river’.1 The top prospect shows a keep, or fort, on the bank of the river very close to the water’s edge. Further down, a second view describes a tall church at right, elaborated with briefly recorded topography across to the left.

Maud Whatley
January 2016

1
Finberg 1909, I, p.609.

How to cite

Maud Whatley, ‘Scenes on a River c.1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-scenes-on-a-river-r1184776, accessed 21 September 2024.