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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dordrecht: The Grotekerk from the Oude Maas; the Stern of a Barge 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dordrecht: The Grotekerk from the Oude Maas; the Stern of a Barge’ 1817
Folio 87 Recto:
Dordrecht: The Grotekerk from the Oude Maas; the Stern of a Barge 1817
D13162
Turner Bequest CLXII 88
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 156 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXII – 88’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner arrived at Dordrecht on 10 September 1817 and stayed for a day and a half, making numerous drawings. The quick sketch at the top here shows the outline of the Grote Kerk, seen from the Oude Maas.
At the bottom, with the page the other way up, is a separate sketch of the stern of a barge.

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘Dordrecht: The Grotekerk from the Oude Maas; the Stern of a Barge 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/dordrecht-the-grotekerk-from-the-oude-maas-the-stern-of-a-barge-r1212535, accessed 31 July 2026.