Joseph Mallord William Turner

Ruins at Richborough, with Ramsgate in the Distance; Boats Sailing, Perhaps on the River Stour

c.1830

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Kent Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 76 × 98 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D35827
Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 39

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, at the top left is a view of the Roman ruins at Richborough Castle near Sandwich, which continues across folio 39 verso opposite (D35826; Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 38a) with a prospect across the River Stour towards Pegwell Bay and Ramsgate on the Kent coast to the north-east. For other Richborough views, see under folio 7 recto (D35769).

Also other way up is a study of boats under sail, presumably along the river or along the nearby coast.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

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