J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lympne Castle and St Stephen's Church from the South-West c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lympne Castle and St Stephen's Church from the South-West’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Verso:
Lympne Castle and St Stephen’s Church from the South-West circa 1816–19
D10503
Turner Bequest CXL 48a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Lympne Castle and St Stephen’s Church in this sketchbook see note to folio 53 verso (D10501; Turner Bequest CXL 47a). Here Turner is positioned below the inland cliff on which the buildings stand, near the remains of the Roman fortress, Studfall Castle. For a slighter outline probably of the same subject see folio 55 (D10504; Turner Bequest CXL 49).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Lympne Castle and St Stephen’s Church from the South-West c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-lympne-castle-and-st-stephens-church-from-the-south-west-r1131496, accessed 16 April 2024.