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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner A River or Canal, Perhaps near Amsterdam 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River or Canal, Perhaps near Amsterdam’ 1817
Folio 44 Verso:
A River or Canal, Perhaps near Amsterdam 1817
D13078
Turner Bequest CLXII 44a
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 156 x 93 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s identification of this slight sketch as a distant view of Amsterdam from a ‘river’, presumably meaning the Amstel, is plausible from its position in the sketchbook (for Amsterdam see notes to folio 39 verso; D13068), but cannot be confirmed on internal evidence as only water, a bridge and windmills are shown. Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, it continues on folio 45 recto (D13079).

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘A River or Canal, Perhaps near Amsterdam 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/a-river-or-canal-perhaps-near-amsterdam-r1212453, accessed 31 July 2026.