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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bothwell Bridge from the North Side of the River Clyde 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bothwell Bridge from the North Side of the River Clyde’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Verso:
Bothwell Bridge from the North Side of the River Clyde 1834
D26322
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 32a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 190 x 113 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the right are three sketches of Bothwell Bridge which spans the River Clyde at the town of Bothwell in Lanarkshire. The three sketches show the same view but vary the composition, suggesting that Turner was interested in developing this composition, though he never painted Bothwell Bridge. There are further views from the north side of the Clyde around the site of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, on folios 31 verso and 32 (D26320, D26321). For more information about Turner’s visit to Bothwell, see folio 31 (D26319).

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Bothwell Bridge from the North Side of the River Clyde 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2010, 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-bothwell-bridge-from-the-north-side-of-the-river-clyde-r1136252, accessed 01 July 2024.