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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Views of the Isle of Sheppey; The Swale and Eastchurch c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Views of the Isle of Sheppey; The Swale and Eastchurch’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 87 Recto:
Two Views of the Isle of Sheppey; The Swale and Eastchurch circa 1805–9
D06505
Turner Bequest XCIX 83
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Entrance of East Swale | & Isle of Shepway’ left of centre, above top sketch, and ‘East Church Shepey’ right of centre, below lower sketch
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘83’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 83’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Two views of Sheppey, firstly from near the entrance to The Swale, the channel that separates it from the mainland, and secondly from the Thames, looking towards the village of Eastchurch.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Two Views of the Isle of Sheppey; The Swale and Eastchurch 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-two-views-of-the-isle-of-sheppey-the-swale-and-eastchurch-r1130701, accessed 19 April 2024.