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

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Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner(British, 1775–1851)British, 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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Prints and Drawings

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The Stuart Collection

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] by 1872]; Purchased by James Worthington, May 21, 1873 (as A Bend on the River); Alfred Geoffrey Turner (1886-1956), Hungerford Park, Hungerford (as A Bend on the River); [his sale, at Hungerford Park, Hungerford, June 12-14, 1956]; Peter Rhodes, Oxford, at least by 1960; [Sotheby’s, London, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolours, July 11, 1985, lot 108 (as “The Property of a Gentleman,” A View on the River Severn at Bridgnorth Shropshire)]; [Christie’s, London, 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.
Exhibition HistoryWatercolours from the Collection of Mr. Peter Rhodes, Letchworth Art Gallery, Hertfordshire, June 4–June 25, 1960, cat. 16.

English Drawings and Watercolours from the Collection of Mr. Peter Rhodes, Reading Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, February 11–March 4, 1961, cat. 17.
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, Andrew. The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1979, p. 311, cat. 90.

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