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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River Views of the Groothoofdspoort, Dordrecht, with the Grote Kerk Beyond 1825

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River Views of the Groothoofdspoort, Dordrecht, with the Grote Kerk Beyond’ 1825
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Recto:
River Views of the Groothoofdspoort, Dordrecht, with the Grote Kerk Beyond 1825
D18939
Turner Bequest CCXIV 51
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 155 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘51’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXIV – 51’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turned horizontally, the page features two closely related riverfront views. Both show Dordrecht from around where the Beneden Merwede river forks into the Oude Maas (Old Meuse) and the Noord. The Grote Kerk stands to the south-west down the Oude Maas beyond trees towards the right in the more detailed lower view; the cupola of the Groothoofdspoort (see under folio 48 verso; D18934) is in the foreground beside the entrance to the Wijnhaven in both, being seen from slightly further west in the smaller sketch at the top right, where the church is not included.
See under folio 47 recto (D18931) for other views in and around the city in this book and elsewhere, many of which feature the Grote Kerk.

Matthew Imms
September 2020

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘River Views of the Groothoofdspoort, Dordrecht, with the Grote Kerk Beyond 1825 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2020, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-river-views-of-the-groothoofdspoort-dordrecht-with-the-grote-r1202291, accessed 05 June 2026.