The Tower of London

c. 1794

Medium	watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 4 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (12.4 x 17.1 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.102
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Tower of London, c. 1794, watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.102

Select Bibliography

Leger Galleries. English Watercolours. Leger Galleries, London, November 11-December 24, 1981. 1981. Rawlinson, W.G. The Engraved Work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 2 vols. London: MacMillan & Co., 1913. Herrmann, Luke. Turner Prints: The Engraved Work of J.M.W. Turner. New York: New York University Press, 1990. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

The artist, probably given to Flaxman; John Flaxman, R.A., probably his sale, Christie’s, London 10–11 Apr. 1862; Grundy, his sale, Oct. 1881, no. 134; Sir Robert Witt (d. 1952); Sir John Witt, his son, by descent; Mrs. S. Darbyshire-Robert, sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., New York, 19 Mar. 1981, no. 111; [Leger Galleries, London, sold to private collection]; private collection (1981–1995, sold to Leger); [Leger Galleries, London, sold to Manton, Apr. 1995]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1995–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.