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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Town with a Bridge and Four Figures c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Town with a Bridge and Four Figures’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Town with a Bridge and Four Figures c.1824
D20465
Turner Bequest CCXXIV 160
Pencil on blue wove paper, 148 x 192 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXXIV 160’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The forms of four figures are suggested in the foreground of this sketch. In front of them is a town rising on a steep incline. The town stands on the other side of a bridge with a single spanning arch and a tall building with a tented roof attached to one side of it, of a type similar to that shown in Tate D20355 (Turner Bequest CCXXIV 60). The town is nestled in the middle of a series of dramatic peaks that recede into the distance.
For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section Introduction.
Verso:
Blank except for inscriptions. Inscribed in pencil ‘160’ top left, ascending vertically. Inscribed in ink ‘231 | O’ bottom right.

Ben Pollitt
August 2019

How to cite

Ben Pollitt, ‘A Town with a Bridge and Four Figures c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-town-with-a-bridge-and-four-figures-r1202144, accessed 09 May 2024.