J.M.W.TURNER 1775 - 1851
Turner aged 32, already a successful artist with a place in Harley Street, to which he
had attached his commercial art gallery, designed and built in 1813 his country retreat Sandycombe Lodge on a large plot of land near the River Thames, Twickenham. This
was done with the help of his friend, the renowned architect Sir John Soane. It was also where his father William went to live after his retirement as a barber and wigmaker in Covent Garden.
Turner lived there from 1814 - 1826, when he sold the property.
The property is now fully restored back to his original design, having been added to
in the Victorian era and painted white. It is open to the public and well worth a visit
for those interested in Turner, displaying on the walls Turner's oil sketches of
The Thames. The house has a drawing room, where he probably
painted, one decent size bedroom, a dining room and basement kitchen. there is also
one other small bedroom.
Turner had a lifelong artistic relationship with the River Thames, seen in his oil
sketches and his later large works.
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