Graphite 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
Berkshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Shiplake Looking West below Shiplake Lock to Left Mill
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Berkshire
boat - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
hill
industrial
landscape
lock
places
river
River Thames
Shiplake
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
watermill
wooded
<p>Turner spent the summer of 1805 sketching along the river Thames. This drawing shows a picturesque spot on the banks at Shiplake, a village between Henley and Reading. Turner shows a barge passing through  the lock joining the River Loddon to the Thames, whilst another boat in the foreground waits to approach.</p><p>Like many sketches from this group,  this drawing shows that Turner devoted sufficient time to observe and record the site in some detail. The setting sun glimpsed in the background suggests that Turner stayed in Shiplake overnight.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
Shiplake, Looking West, from below Shiplake Lock to Left of the Mill
support: 259 × 367 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
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Turner spent the summer of 1805 sketching along the river Thames. This <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> shows a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> spot on the banks at Shiplake, a village between Henley and Reading. Turner shows a barge passing through <br/>
the lock joining the River Loddon to the Thames, whilst another boat in the foreground waits to approach.</p>
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Like many sketches from this group, <br/>
this drawing shows that Turner devoted sufficient time to observe and record the site in some detail. The setting sun glimpsed in the background suggests that Turner stayed in Shiplake overnight. </p>
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architecture Berkshire boat - non-specific England England, South East England, Southern hill industrial landscape lock places river River Thames Shiplake society townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland watermill wooded
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