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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Chatham, Kent c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Chatham, Kent’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
Chatham, Kent c.1832
D27349
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 206 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘44’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIX 44’ bottom left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally Turner filled this page with a study of a harbour, identified by Eric Shanes as Chatham.1 For more information on the Kentish scenes in this volume, see the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
March 2015

1
Eric Shanes, Turner’s Picturesque Views in England and Wales 1825–1838, London 1979, p.156 under no.94

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Chatham, Kent c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-chatham-kent-r1181485, accessed 11 February 2025.