Joseph Mallord William Turner

Five Strips of Thames Coast-Line: Sheppey, Minster, Sheerness and Entrance of the River Medway, Kent Side; and Entrance of the Thames, Essex Side

c.1805–9

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: River and Margate Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 115 x 190 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D06459
Turner Bequest XCIX 59

Catalogue entry

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. There is a sketch of Minster Abbey on folio 69 verso (D06472).

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

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