J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The River Medway near Rochester c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The River Medway near Rochester’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
?The River Medway near Rochester circa 1805–9
D06407
Turner Bequest XCIX 29
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is the same view as in folio 32 recto (D06405; Turner Bequest XCIX 28) seen more closely. A large ship, partly dismasted and with an awning over her stern, is probably one of the hulks or service ships that were moored in the Medway; compare Turner’s watercolour Rochester, on the River Medway (Tate D18156; Turner Bequest CCVIII W) engraved for The Rivers of England.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?The River Medway near Rochester c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-river-medway-near-rochester-r1130602, accessed 24 April 2024.