Graphite and watercolour on paper
Thames, from Reading to Walton Sketchbook
Thames, from Reading to Walton Sketchbook
Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14
Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14
Thames, from Reading to Walton Sketchbook
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
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Catalogued Turner works on paper
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River Thames with Isleworth Ferry
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
bank
boat, punt
boat, sailing
England
figure
Isleworth - non-specific
landscape
people
places
river
River Thames
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
tree
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
wooded
<p>Late in 1804 or early in 1805 Turner rented Syon Ferry House, beside the Thames at Isleworth, west of London, as an escape from the city. Besides using it as a base for explorations of the river, and a campaign of sketching from nature in oil and watercolour, he made a number of views from its own grounds. From a sketchbook used in 1805, this watercolour may have been taken from a summerhouse in the garden, looking down to the river.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
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The River Thames with Isleworth Ferry
support: 258 × 366 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>Late in 1804 or early in 1805 Turner rented Syon Ferry House, beside the Thames at Isleworth, west of London, as an escape from the city. Besides using it as a base for explorations of the river, and a campaign of sketching from nature in oil and <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>, he made a number of views from its own grounds. From a sketchbook used in 1805, this watercolour may have been taken from  a summerhouse in the garden, looking down  to the river.</p>
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adults architecture bank boat, punt boat, sailing England figure Isleworth - non-specific landscape people places river River Thames society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water tree UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features water: inland wooded
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