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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cottage by a Single-Arched Bridge among Mountains 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cottage by a Single-Arched Bridge among Mountains’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
A Cottage by a Single-Arched Bridge among Mountains 1798
D01357
Turner Bequest XXXIX 2
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A watercolour study based on this drawing is Tate D00872 (Turner Bequest XXXIII A), the subject of which has been tentatively given as ‘A Bridge over the Tyfi near Dinas Mawddwy with Aran Fawddwy beyond’.1 The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
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Wilton 1984, p.56.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cottage by a Single-Arched Bridge among Mountains 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-cottage-by-a-single-arched-bridge-among-mountains-r1173583, accessed 17 July 2024.