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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Barden Tower and the Bridge on the River Wharfe 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
?Barden Tower and the Bridge on the River Wharfe 1816
D09849
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 52
Pencil on white wove paper with gilt edges, 179 x 254 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘52’ bottom right (very faint)
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIV – 52’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch probably shows the three arches of Barden Bridge on the River Wharfe, with Barden Tower in the trees beyond to the south-west, although it is perhaps too slight to be certain. For other views of the tower, see under folio 15 verso (D09860; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 59a).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Barden Tower and the Bridge on the River Wharfe 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-barden-tower-and-the-bridge-on-the-river-wharfe-r1147414, accessed 20 October 2024.