The Junction of the Thames and the Medway

J. M. W. Turner

1807 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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About this work

Artist: J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851)
Year: 1807
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 108.8 × 143.7 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Romanticism

Boats pitch in a heavy swell where the Thames meets the Medway off the Kent coast, under a sky of torn cloud. Turner painted it in 1807, in his early thirties, when he was studying the Dutch marine painters of the seventeenth century and making a speciality of the choppy estuary waters below London. Rather than send it to the Royal Academy, he showed it in his own gallery in Queen Anne Street, where it was bought that year by Thomas Lister Parker. The canvas later belonged to the Birmingham collector Joseph Gillott, one of the great Victorian buyers of Turner's work, and passed through several further English collections. It entered the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1942 with the Widener Collection, an early marine from the years in which Turner made his name.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Boats pitching in a heavy swell under torn cloud, an early marine in the Dutch manner, for a study, hallway or coastal living room at 24×18 or 32×24 in black. Warm grey, deep blue or cream; it sits with the Dutch seascapes.

Style: Romanticism painting
Era: 19th century (1807)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural oak frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in; 16×12 and 24×18 and 32×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Junction of the Thames and the Medway in the public domain?

Yes. J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Junction of the Thames and the Medway painted, and in what medium?

The Junction of the Thames and the Medway dates from 1807 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 108.8 × 143.7 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

The Junction of the Thames and the Medway (J. M. W. Turner) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. The Junction of the Thames and the Medway · J. M. W. Turner · 1807. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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