'Winchelsea, Below the Pipewell Gate and Ferry Hill', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Winchelsea, Below the Pipewell Gate and Ferry Hill

From Sussex Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCII

Date c.1806-10

MediumChalk and graphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 153 x 216 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D05762

Turner Bequest XCII 43

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 11 Recto:

Winchelsea, Below the Pipewell Gate and Ferry Hill circa 1806–10

D05762
Turner Bequest XCII 43

Pencil and black chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘43’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 43’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This is one of two views of Winchelsea in this sketchbook used for subjects for the Liber Studiorum; the other is on folio 6 (D05763; Turner Bequest XCII 44). Gillian Forrester suggests that Turner planned these as a pair, and in the present case he added a military presence to the foreground and gave the working title of ‘Soldiers’ to his design for the Liber plate (Tate D08145; Turner Bequest CXVII Q). See notes to D05763 for the location of Turner’s viewpoints. The Liber plate of this subject, simple entitled ‘Winchelsea, Sussex’, was published in 1812.

Finberg recorded that this was one of four leaves from the sketchbook ‘found loose’. The paper has a vertical crease right of centre.

Verso:

Blank, inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘150. Invent[ory]’

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

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