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 47 Verso:
Gravesend, with St George’s Church circa 1805–9
D06431
Turner Bequest XCIX 43a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Gravesend’ upper right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. This time identified by Turner, this is a similar view, including the church, to that on folio 46 verso (D06429; Turner Bequest XCIX 42a).
A separate sketch at upper left, perhaps of figures or boats, is hard to interpret.

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-r1130626, accessed 19 September 2024.