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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Five Strips of Thames Coast-Line: Sheppey, Minster, Sheerness and Entrance of the River Medway, Kent Side; and Entrance of the Thames, Essex Side c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Five Strips of Thames Coast-Line: Sheppey, Minster, Sheerness and Entrance of the River Medway, Kent Side; and Entrance of the Thames, Essex Side’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Recto:
Five Strips of Thames Coast-Line: Sheppey, Minster, Sheerness and Entrance of the River Medway, Kent Side; and Entrance of the Thames, Essex Side circa 1805–9
D06459
Turner Bequest XCIX 59
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Sheppey’, ‘Minster’, ‘Sheerness’ ‘Entrance of Medway’ and ‘Entrance of Thames – Essex Side’ above images, from top to bottom of the leaf
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘59’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 59’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. There is a sketch of Minster Abbey on folio 69 verso (D06472).

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Five Strips of Thames Coast-Line: Sheppey, Minster, Sheerness and Entrance of the River Medway, Kent Side; and Entrance of the Thames, Essex Side c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-five-strips-of-thames-coast-line-sheppey-minster-sheerness-r1130655, accessed 09 January 2025.