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The Junction of the Thames and the Medway

The Junction of the Thames and Medway
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1807
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions108 cm × 143.7 cm (43 in × 56.6 in)
LocationNational 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]

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References

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  1. ^ Solkin p.76-77
  2. ^ Tracy p.292
  3. ^ https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1226-junction-thames-and-medway

Bibliography

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  • 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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