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 Gravesend c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gravesend’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
Gravesend circa 1805–9
D06426
Turner Bequest XCIX 41
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘41’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 41’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is probably Gravesend from the north-west, as the building in the left distance looks like St George’s Church.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Gravesend 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-gravesend-r1130621, accessed 23 April 2024.