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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A River Scene circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River Scene’ circa 1809-11
Folio 11 Verso:
A River Scene circa 1809–11
D07610
Turner Bequest CXI 11a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 12 of the sketchbook (D07611), this sketch is of a fairly broad river with barges and rowing boats, perhaps off a jetty. The location is unidentified.

David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A River Scene c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, April 2011, 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/a-river-scene-r1131097, accessed 21 November 2024.