Graphite on paper
Kenilworth Sketchbook
Kenilworth Sketchbook
Midlands 1830
Midlands 1830
Staffordshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Kenilworth Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Tamworth and River Tame Bridges near Fazeley Staffordshire
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
England
England, Midlands
landscape
places
river
River Tame
Staffordshire
Tamworth - non-specific
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
valley
water: inland
wooded
<p>In the top drawing Turner depicted Tamworth Castle and church as viewed from the south. In the foreground is the bridge that still carries the London-Holyhead road (or Watling Street) over the Tame. Beyond it is the triple-spanned Coventry Canal aqueduct bridge. At the extreme left-edge is the Fazeley-Tamworth road bridge that crosses the Coventry Canal in turn. The same scene is repeated more distantly in the drawing below, while at the lower-left the near end of the Watling Street bridge is drawn in detail. For the watercolour elaborated from these studies see no.54.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Tamworth and the River Tame Bridges from near Fazeley, Staffordshire
support: 120 × 203 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>In the top <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> Turner depicted Tamworth Castle  and church as viewed from the south. In the  foreground is the bridge that still carries the  London-Holyhead road (or Watling Street) over the  Tame. Beyond it is the triple-spanned Coventry  Canal aqueduct bridge. At the extreme left-edge is  the Fazeley-Tamworth road bridge that crosses the  Coventry Canal in turn. The same scene is repeated  more distantly in the drawing below, while at the  lower-left the near end of the Watling Street  bridge is drawn in detail. For the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>  elaborated from these studies see no.54.</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts England England, Midlands landscape places river River Tame Staffordshire Tamworth - non-specific townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features valley water: inland wooded
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