'St Catherine's Hill and Ferry', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

St Catherine's Hill and Ferry

From Wey, Guildford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCVIII

Date 1805

Dimensionssupport: 117 x 182 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D06314

Turner Bequest XCVIII 114 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 114 Verso:

St Catherine’s Hill and Ferry 1805

D06314
Turner Bequest XCVIII 114a

Pencil on white laid paper, 117 x 182 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

A view from the same position but looking back down the Wey Navigation towards Guildford is on folio 113 verso of the sketchbook (D06312). The ruins of St Catherine’s Chapel are clearly seen here on the right and below is the Wey with the ferry with several boats moored on the riverside, leading Hill to suggest that Turner moored here for the night.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

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