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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Aylesford, Kent: The Bridge over the Medway 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Aylesford, Kent: The Bridge over the Medway’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 73 Recto:
Aylesford, Kent: The Bridge over the Medway 1798
D00634
Turner Bequest XXVI 76
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Watermark ‘J WHATMAN’
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 76’ bottom left, descending vertically
Aylesford Bridge probably dates from the fourteenth century, one of several bridges built over the River Medway in the Middle Ages. It was modified subsequently, its central arch widened to an unusually large span. This can be seen again in the view of Aylesford on folio 74 recto (D00635; Turner Bequest XXVI 77); another drawing showing part of the bridge is on folio 75 verso (D00637; Turner Bequest XXVI 78v).
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed, not by Turner, in pencil ‘3’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Aylesford, Kent: The Bridge over the Medway 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-aylesford-kent-the-bridge-over-the-medway-r1140958, accessed 24 April 2024.