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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River Kent at Kendal 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River Kent at Kendal’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
River Kent at Kendal 1831
D25791
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘16’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 16’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of the River Kent at Kendal was made from the west of the river, at the top of Milnthorpe Road near where it turns into Kirkland. At the centre of the sketch are Nether Bridge and the spire of the Parish Church (see folio 14; D25787), which can be seen between the trees at the left. Castle Hill rises above the town with the ruins of Kendal Castle on its plateaued summit. Two figures stand in the foreground, also surveying the scene.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘River Kent at Kendal 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-river-kent-at-kendal-r1134158, accessed 25 April 2024.