'Bodiam Castle from the North-East', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

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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Turner's sketchbooks

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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

References

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