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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins at Richborough, with Ramsgate in the Distance; Boats Sailing, Perhaps on the River Stour c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins at Richborough, with Ramsgate in the Distance; Boats Sailing, Perhaps on the River Stour’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Ruins at Richborough, with Ramsgate in the Distance; Boats Sailing, Perhaps on the River Stour c.1830
D35827
Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 39
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 98 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Corn’ towards top centre
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘39’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIII – 39’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, at the top left is a view of the Roman ruins at Richborough Castle near Sandwich, which continues across folio 39 verso opposite (D35826; Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 38a) with a prospect across the River Stour towards Pegwell Bay and Ramsgate on the Kent coast to the north-east. For other Richborough views, see under folio 7 recto (D35769).
Also other way up is a study of boats under sail, presumably along the river or along the nearby coast.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Ruins at Richborough, with Ramsgate in the Distance; Boats Sailing, Perhaps on the River Stour c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ruins-at-richborough-with-ramsgate-in-the-distance-boats-r1183788, accessed 25 April 2024.