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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Cannaregio Canal, Venice, with the Ponte delle Guglie, from the South 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Cannaregio Canal, Venice, with the Ponte delle Guglie, from the South’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
The Cannaregio Canal, Venice, with the Ponte delle Guglie, from the South 1840
D31295
Turner Bequest CCCX 10
Pencil on cream wove paper, 126 x 198 mm
Partial watermark ‘J. Wha’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCX – 10’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this view shows the Cannaregio canal1 with the Ponte delle Guglie, with its four prominent obelisks, not far north of the junction with the Grand Canal beside the church of San Geremia (see folio 11 verso; D31298). Looking north-west, the viewpoint is along or beside the Calle da Mosto, and the general arrangement of the buildings remains recognisable. There are other views of the bridge on folios 11 recto and 12 recto (D31297, D31299).
This is one of a short sequence of Cannaregio subjects (folios 9 verso–12 recto; D31296–D31299), after which Turner travelled south along the Grand Canal. As noted in the sketchbook’s Introduction, the Venice views on its early pages are intermingled with German sketches from his return journey.

Matthew Imms
September 2018

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See Finberg 1930, p.172.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Cannaregio Canal, Venice, with the Ponte delle Guglie, from the South 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-the-cannaregio-canal-venice-with-the-ponte-delle-guglie-from-r1196085, accessed 17 July 2024.