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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Llangollen: The Bridge with the Town Beyond 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Llangollen: The Bridge with the Town Beyond’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
Llangollen: The Bridge with the Town Beyond 1794
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Turner Bequest XIX 13
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Llangollen’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘13’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XIX 13’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner was to make several views of scenes near Llangollen, including a small drawing (Tate D00333; Turner Bequest XXI G) showing part of the bridge with buildings nearby, but in a different composition. See also Tate D00336, D00337 and D36581–D36583 (Turner Bequest XXI I, J, CCCLXXVII 11, 12, 13).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Llangollen: The Bridge with the Town Beyond 1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-llangollen-the-bridge-with-the-town-beyond-r1140737, accessed 21 November 2024.