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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner On the Banks of the River Medway c.1821

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘On the Banks of the River Medway’ c.1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Recto:
On the Banks of the River Medway c.1821
D17473
Turner Bequest CXCIX 70
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Quarry’ top left, and ‘[?Bayldon]’ towards top right
Stamped in black ‘CXCIX – 70’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page inverted according to the foliation of the sketchbook, here Turner records two views of sweeping riverside topography along the River Medway, as identified by Finberg.1

Maud Whatley
January 2016

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Finberg 1909, I, p.609.

How to cite

Maud Whatley, ‘On the Banks of the River Medway c.1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-on-the-banks-of-the-river-medway-r1184751, accessed 24 September 2024.