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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ponte delle Guglie on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice, from the Rio Terà San Leonardo 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ponte delle Guglie on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice, from the Rio Terà San Leonardo’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
The Ponte delle Guglie on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice, from the Rio Terà San Leonardo 1840
D31297
Turner Bequest CCCX 11
Pencil on cream wove paper, 126 x 198 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘11’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCX – 11’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The Ponte delle Guglie on the Cannaregio Canal, with its distinctive obelisks, is seen to the west from the broad pavement of the Rio Terà San Leonardo. Awnings are indicated on the shops along each side, like those still to be seen here today. There is a view of the southern elevation of the bridge on folio 10 recto (D31295), and another from the north on folio 12 recto (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

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Ponte delle Guglie on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice, from the Rio Terà San Leonardo 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-ponte-delle-guglie-on-the-cannaregio-canal-venice-from-r1196087, accessed 17 July 2024.