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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Gravesend, with St George's Church c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gravesend, with St George's Church’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Verso:
Gravesend, with St George’s Church circa 1805–9
D06429
Turner Bequest XCIX 42a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. For a similar view, identified by Turner as Gravesend, see folio 47 verso (D06431; Turner Bequest XCIX 43a). The recto of the present leaf (D06428; Turner Bequest XCIX 42) may include part of a river extending to Gravesend.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Gravesend, with St George’s Church c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-gravesend-with-st-georges-church-r1130624, accessed 25 April 2024.