The Junction of the Thames and the Medway
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Painting by J. M. W. Turner
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1807 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 108 cm × 143.7 cm (43 in × 56.6 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
The Junction of the Thames and the Medway is an 1807 landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner that depicts a meeting of the River Thames and the tributary the River Medway.[1] Like many of Turner's nautical works of his early career it shows the influence of seventeenth century Dutch seascapes.
The work was one of a number of paintings that Turner displayed in his own studio gallery at Queen Anne Street in Marylebone rather than the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.[2] Today the painting is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., having been acquired in 1942.[3]
References
- ↑ Solkin p.76-77
- ↑ Tracy p.292
- ↑ "The Junction of the Thames and the Medway by Joseph Mallord William Turner".
Bibliography
- Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises, 2013.
- Solkin, David. Turner and the Masters. Tate Britain, 2009.
- Spencer-Longhurst, Paul. The Sun Rising Through Vapour: Turner's Early Seascapes. Third Millennium Information, 2003.
- Tracy, Nicholas. Britannia’s Palette: The Arts of Naval Victory. McGill-Queen's Press, 2007.
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