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 Bristol: Clifton from across the Avon Gorge c.1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bristol: Clifton from across the Avon Gorge’ c.1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Bristol: Clifton from across the Avon Gorge c.1813
D09902
Turner Bequest CXXXV 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 113 mm
Part watermark ‘mott | 11’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXV – 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing continues on folio 7 verso opposite (D09901), under which the subject is discussed.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Bristol: Clifton from across the Avon Gorge 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-bristol-clifton-from-across-the-avon-gorge-r1147857, accessed 21 November 2024.