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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins at Richborough; ?Pegwell Bay 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins at Richborough; ?Pegwell Bay’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 103 Verso:
Ruins at Richborough; ?Pegwell Bay 1845
D35674
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 103a
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Pegw] Bay’ below right of centre and ‘[?E...]’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, at the top is a study of the skyline of Roman ruins at Richborough Castle, near Sandwich in Kent; see under folio 95 recto (D35658) for others views. Below are slight coastal studies, one of which appears annotated to indicate Pegwell Bay, not far from Richborough; see also folio 108 recto (D35683).
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Ruins at Richborough; ?Pegwell Bay 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ruins-at-richborough-pegwell-bay-r1184089, accessed 04 April 2026.