'Herstmonceux Castle from across the Moat', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Herstmonceux Castle from across the Moat

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

D05661

Turner Bequest XCI 44

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 44 Recto:

Herstmonceux Castle from across the Moat circa 1806–10

D05661
Turner Bequest XCI 44

Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘44’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 44’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856