Graphite on paper
Old London Bridge Sketchbook
Old London Bridge Sketchbook
Thames, London and South of England 1821-7
Thames, London and South of England 1821-7
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Old London Bridge 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>
Pool London below Old London Bridge with Shot Tower and Southwark Cathedral Beyond a Barge a Façade and an Arch Bridge
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat - non-specific
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cathedral
England
industrial
London Bridge
places
religious
river
River Thames
shot tower
society
Southwark, Southwark Cathedral
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
waterfront
<p>The pencil sketches on the left-hand page of this book relate to a watercolour of 'Old London Bridge and Vicinity', now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, one of a group of views intended to illustrate a publication on London. The right-hand sheet is one of several monochrome studies in this book which show clouded sunsets. This and other watercolours of the period relate very closely to the preoccupations behind the series of mezzotints known as the 'Little Liber' (see cat.nos.22-25).</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
The Pool of London below Old London Bridge, with the Shot Tower and Southwark Cathedral Beyond; Studies of a Barge, a Façade and an Arch of the Bridge
support: 98 × 162 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>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/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> sketches on the left-hand page of this book relate to 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> of 'Old London Bridge and Vicinity', now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, one of a group of views intended to illustrate a publication on London. The right-hand sheet is one of several <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/monochrome" title="Glossary definition for 'Monochrome'"><span>monochrome</span></a> studies in this book which show clouded sunsets. This and other watercolours of the period relate very closely to the preoccupations behind the series of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/mezzotint" title="Glossary definition for 'Mezzotint'"><span>mezzotints</span></a> known as the 'Little Liber' (see cat.nos.22-25).</p>
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architecture boat - non-specific bridge bridges and viaducts cathedral England industrial London Bridge places religious river River Thames shot tower society Southwark, Southwark Cathedral townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features waterfront water: inland
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