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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rochester from the River Medway c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rochester from the River Medway’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 58 Recto:
Rochester from the River Medway circa 1805–9
D06450
Turner Bequest XCIX 54
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘54’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 54’ bottom left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this continues the sketch on folio 57 verso (D06449; Turner Bequest XCIX 53a).

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Rochester from the River Medway 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-rochester-from-the-river-medway-r1130645, accessed 25 April 2024.