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 Rochester from the River Medway c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rochester from the River Medway’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Verso:
Rochester from the River Medway circa 1805–9
D06449
Turner Bequest XCIX 53a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, the subject is continued on folio 58 recto (D06450; Turner Bequest XCIX 54). Rochester Castle is recognisable here.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Rochester from the River Medway 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-rochester-from-the-river-medway-r1130644, accessed 25 April 2024.