'Bend of Medway, with Rochester Castle', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Bend of Medway, with Rochester Castle

From Folkestone Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXCVIII

Date c.1821

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 113 x 187 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D17218

Turner Bequest CXCVIII 7

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Subject

architecture (30,433)

bridges and viaducts (3,954)

bridge (3,845)

military (6,180)

castle (5,507)

nature (37,446)

water: inland (11,432)

river (7,934)

places (23,426)

UK cities, towns and villages (6,775)

Rochester, Rochester Castle (16)

UK counties (9,309)

Kent (751)

UK countries and regions (10,974)

England (8,178)

UK natural features (3,820)

River Medway (114)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Kent

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1820s

Folkestone Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest