Joseph Mallord William TurnerBodiam Castle from the North-East c.1806-10

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Artist
Title
Bodiam Castle from the North-East
From Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook
Turner Bequest XCI
Date c.1806-10
MediumChalk and graphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 128 x 201 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05690
Turner Bequest XCI 73
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 73 Recto:
Bodiam Castle from the North-East circa 1806–10
D05690
Turner Bequest XCI 73
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘73’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 73’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Bodiam Castle in this sketchbook see notes to folio 67 (D05684). This view is probably from the north-east from across one of the pools outside the moat.
The leaf is stained, and torn and repaired in lower left margin
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

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