Joseph Mallord William TurnerHerstmonceux Castle, the Gatehouse and Moat c.1806-10

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Artist
Title
Herstmonceux Castle, the Gatehouse and 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
D05658
Turner Bequest XCI 41
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Herstmonceux Castle, the Gatehouse and Moat circa 1806–10
D05658
Turner Bequest XCI 41
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘41’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 41’ 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 Herstmonceux Castle in this sketchbook see notes to folio 39 (D05656). This a frontal view of the gatehouse front from across the moat.
There are stains of ink or grey wash across the lower part of the leaf.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

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