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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dordrecht: The Lange Geldersekade and Grote Kerk from the Maartensgat 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dordrecht: The Lange Geldersekade and Grote Kerk from the Maartensgat’ 1817
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Dordrecht: The Lange Geldersekade and Grote Kerk from the Maartensgat 1817
D13159
Turner Bequest CLXII 86a
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 93 x 156 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner arrived at Dordrecht on 10 September 1817 and stayed for a day and a half, making numerous drawings. With the page turned horizontally, this careful study is from the Maartensgat, looking out on the Lange Geldersekade and the Grote Kerk on the Groenmarkt.

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘Dordrecht: The Lange Geldersekade and Grote Kerk from the Maartensgat 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/dordrecht-the-lange-geldersekade-and-grote-kerk-from-the-maartensgat-r1212532, accessed 01 August 2026.