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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance 1805
D06205
Turner Bequest XCVIII 18
Pencil on white laid paper, 182 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘18’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVIII 18’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook upright, but continued on folio 17 verso (D06204), for which see catalogue note for comment.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Thames with Walton Bridge in the Distance 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-thames-with-walton-bridge-in-the-distance-r1130389, accessed 25 November 2024.