Joseph Mallord William Turner
Bridgnorth on the River Severn (Shropshire)

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Artist Joseph Mallord William TurnerBritish, 1775–1851

CultureBritish

Titles

Bridgnorth on the River Severn (Shropshire)
A Bend on the River

Date1798

Place depictedUnited Kingdom

MediumWatercolor over graphite with scratching out on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 13 × 18 1/4 in. (33 × 46.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer, in honor of Gary Tinterow

Object number2019.287

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceMathers[?] sale, December 11, 1872, lot 85, as A Bend on the River; Purchased by [Agnews, London [stock number 1670]]; Purchased by James Worthington, May 21, 1873 (1); Alfred Geoffrey Turner (1886-1956), Hungerford Park, Hungerford (2); [his sale, at Hungerford Park, Hungerford, June 12-14, 1956]; Peter Rhodes, Oxford, at least by 1960; [London, Sotheby’s, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolors, July 11, 1985, lot 108, as “The Property of a Gentleman” A View on the River Severn at Bridgnorth Shropshire]; [London, Christie’s, British Art on Paper, November 21, 2001, lot 40]; purchased by [Andrew Clayton Payne, London], 2001-2002; Private Collection, UK, 2002-2018; [Andrew Clayton-Payne, London], 2018-2019; purchased by MFAH, 2019.

(1) The traditional title, A Bend on a River, links this watercolor to its previous owner, James Worthington, who was a passionate collector of watercolors from northern England. Many works from his collection were bequeathed to the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
(2) A.G. Turner was a Liverpool-born shipping magnet, who also owned Turner’s iconic view of Leeds (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven). Its traditional title was A Bend on a River.
Exhibition History"Watercolours from the Collection of Mr. Peter Rhodes," Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom, June 4–June 25, 1960.

"English Drawings and Watercolours from the Collection of Mr. Peter Rhodes," Reading Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom, February 11–March 4, 1961.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center: JMW Turner, RA

On the Mount, Verso: Inscribed in graphite: J.M.W. Turner, R.A. / (1775-1851/ THUNDERSTORM: A BEND OF THE RIVER WITH A TOWN ABOVE. / circa 1802 / Coll: A.G. Turner

Catalogue raisonnéWilton, Cat. 90.

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