'Sandpits at Fittleworth, with St Mary's Church', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Sandpits at Fittleworth, with St Mary's Church

From Frittlewell Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXII

Date 1809

Dimensionssupport: 107 x 180 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07762

Turner Bequest CXII 6

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 6 Recto:

Sandpits at Fittleworth, with St Mary’s Church 1809

D07762
Turner Bequest CXII 6

Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Fittleworth’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXII 6’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Wilkinson notes ‘a village called Frittleworth, near Petworth’ as the ‘likely subject’ of this and other drawings in the sketchbook, adding his own misspelling to Finberg’s misreading of Turner’s inscription here as ‘Frittlewell’. Butlin, Luther and Warrell were the first to confirm the presence of Fittleworth church, ‘recognisable despite substantial alterations in the nineteenth century’. Presumably this is Finberg’s ‘Yost House’, though what he meant by this is unclear; perhaps an oast house?

Fittleworth is just south-east of Petworth. Sandpits and quarries as seen also on folio 7 (D07763) were common in the area.

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David Blayney Brown
June 2009

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