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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings around a Canal Bridge, Venice 1840

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings around a Canal Bridge, Venice’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 59 Recto:
Buildings around a Canal Bridge, Venice 1840
D31906
Turner Bequest CCCXIII 59
Pencil on cream wove paper, 123 x 173 mm
Partial watermark ‘J. Wh’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘59’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXIII – 59’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rapid drawing, made with the page turned horizontally, is too slight for ready identification. Elements include a rough grid perhaps indicating heavy classical articulation towards the left, an ogee-shaped or pinnacled gable beyond and a rounded form to the right, with a small bridge below the centre. The view is presumably along a narrow side canal.

Matthew Imms
September 2018

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Buildings around a Canal Bridge, Venice 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2018, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-buildings-around-a-canal-bridge-venice-r1196801, accessed 19 September 2024.