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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Chemistry and Apuleia Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Avon Gorge near Bristol, Looking towards the Hot Wells and Windsor Terrace, Clifton c.1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Avon Gorge near Bristol, Looking towards the Hot Wells and Windsor Terrace, Clifton’ c.1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
The Avon Gorge near Bristol, Looking towards the Hot Wells and Windsor Terrace, Clifton c.1813
D09895
Turner Bequest CXXXV 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 113 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXV – 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing continues on folio 3 verso opposite (D09894), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
There is a small, ringed spot of foxing at the top centre, which also shows through to the verso.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Avon Gorge near Bristol, Looking towards the Hot Wells and Windsor Terrace, Clifton c.1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-avon-gorge-near-bristol-looking-towards-the-hot-wells-r1147850, accessed 21 November 2024.