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 and Tilbury c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gravesend and Tilbury’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
Gravesend and Tilbury circa 1805–9
D06432
Turner Bequest XCIX 44
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Tilbury’ above top image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘44’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 44’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. In two separate sketches, Turner looks at Tilbury on the north bank of the Thames, with the gate of the fort, and Gravesend on the south, with two outlines of the tower of St George’s Church. See also 46 verso and 47 verso (D06429; Turner Bequest XCIX and D06431; Turner Bequest XCIX 43a) for Gravesend and the church.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Gravesend and Tilbury 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-and-tilbury-r1130627, accessed 18 April 2024.