'St Catherine's Castle, Fowey', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

St Catherine's Castle, Fowey

From Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXIII

Date 1811

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 117 x 75 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D08390

Turner Bequest CXXIII 15 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 15 Verso:

St Catherine’s Castle, Fowey 1811

D08390
Turner Bequest CXXIII 15a

Pencil on white wove printing paper, 117 x 75 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The ruined St Catherine’s Castle is viewed from the steep rocks below, with the outline of the harbourside blockhouse to the north-east on the right. There is a view from nearby in the contemporary Ivy Bridge to Penzance sketchbook (Tate D08891; Turner Bequest CXXV 19a). For other views in and around Fowey see under folio 5 verso (D08371).

Matthew Imms
June 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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest