Graphite and watercolour on paper
Watercolours of Oxford and the Home Counties
Watercolours of Oxford and the Home Counties
London, Oxford and the Home Counties c.1791-3
London, Oxford and the Home Counties c.1791-3
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>
Canterbury West Gate River Stour
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
Canterbury, West Gate
England
England, South East
England, Southern
features
gate
industrial
Kent
places
river
tower
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
water: inland
watermill
<p>Canterbury in Kent has a rich Roman and medieval heritage which fascinated antiquarians and artists in the eighteenth century. Turner's watercolour shows the medieval West Gate together with ramshackle working buildings.</p><p>Such a combination of the ancient and the rundown was appreciated for its ‘picturesque’ qualities. But Canterbury was also a prosperous modern town. A round of urban improvements had taken place in 1769, with new paving and street lighting. The West Gate was in fact the only gateway not to be demolished.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
29 September 2001 – 3 November 2001
2001-11-03
29 September 2001 – 3 November 2001
2001-11-03
2001-09-29
Royal Museum and Art Gallery (Canterbury, UK)
2001-09-29
Turner and Kent
Loan-out
17 September 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
17 September 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
2011-09-17
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2011-09-17
Nothing in the world but youth
Loan-out
Canterbury: The West Gate, from the River Stour
support: 215 × 273 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
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<span class="text12">Canterbury in Kent has a rich Roman </span><span class="text15">
and medieval heritage which fascinated antiquarians and artists      in the eighteenth </span><span class="text10">century. Turner's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>      shows  the medieval West Gate together with </span><span class="text15">ramshackle      working buildings. </span>
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<span class="text10">Such a combination of the ancient </span><span class="text15">
and the </span><span class="text13">rundown was appreciated for      its </span><span class="text7">‘<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a></span><span class="text6">’ qualities.  But Canterbury was</span><span class="text15"> also a prosperous modern town. A round  of urban improvements had      taken place in 1769, with new paving and street lighting. </span><span class="text6">The West Gate was in fact the only gateway </span><span class="text15">not to be demolished.  </span>
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2012-11-11T00:00:00
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts Canterbury, West Gate England England, South East England, Southern features gate industrial Kent places river tower townscape townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions water: inland watermill
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