Watercolour on paper
Identified or Likely Subjects, Possibly for ‘England and Wales’
Identified or Likely Subjects, Possibly for ‘England and Wales’
England and Wales Colour Studies c.1825-39
England and Wales Colour Studies c.1825-39
Kent
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Rochester Castle and Bridge
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
astronomy
bridge
bridges and viaducts
castle
England
England, South East
England, Southern
Kent
military
moon
places
river
River Medway
Rochester, Rochester Castle
sunset
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
<p>This view links strongly to the scene drawn carefully in no.57 (showcase), although Turner has here shifted the castle and town to the left. The small, pointed area of red on the left perhaps summarily indicates the low spire of Rochester cathedral. The lighting of the moon down its right-hand side indicates a sunset timing, while the fishbone-like diagonal strokes of light tone above the bridge presumably indicate clouds catching the final rays of the sun.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
?Rochester Castle and Bridge
support: 356 × 510 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>This view links strongly to the scene drawn  carefully in no.57 (showcase), although Turner has  here shifted the castle and town to the left. The  small, pointed area of red on the left perhaps  summarily indicates the low spire of Rochester  cathedral. The lighting of the moon down its  right-hand side indicates a sunset timing, while  the fishbone-like diagonal strokes of light <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tone</span></a>  above the bridge presumably indicate clouds  catching the final rays of the sun.</p>
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architecture astronomy bridge bridges and viaducts castle England England, South East England, Southern Kent military moon places river River Medway Rochester, Rochester Castle sunset times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland
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