'Berry Pomeroy Castle and Water Mill', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Berry Pomeroy Castle and Water Mill

From Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXIII

Date 1811

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 75 x 117 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D08638

Turner Bequest CXXIII 143

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 146 Recto:

Berry Pomeroy Castle and Water Mill 1811

D08638
Turner Bequest CXXIII 143

Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘143’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 143’ top right, ascending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The ruined castle is seen from the east, from the valley of the Gatcombe Brook which skirts the north side of the castle.1 The gable topped by a finial in the foreground belongs to the watermill below the castle. There is a closer view of it on folio 148 recto (D08642; CXXIII 145). For a discussion of Berry Pomeroy and other studies in this sketchbook, see the entry for folio 141 recto (D08628; CXXIII 138).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

See local map, castle plan and ‘old print’ from a similar viewpoint in Deryck Seymour and Jack Hazzard, Berry Pomeroy Castle, Torquay 1982, pp.14, 18, 168 respectively.

Read this catalogue entry in full

This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.