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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Windsor Castle from the North, near Romney Lock: Curfew Tower to the Right 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Windsor Castle from the North, near Romney Lock: Curfew Tower to the Right’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 132 Recto:
Windsor Castle from the North, near Romney Lock: Curfew Tower to the Right 1805
D06349
Turner Bequest XCVIII 132
Pencil on white laid paper, 182 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘132’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCVIII 132’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed by Finberg, these slight marks continue the view of Windsor on folio 131 verso (D06348), for which see catalogue note.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Windsor Castle from the North, near Romney Lock: Curfew Tower to the Right 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-windsor-castle-from-the-north-near-romney-lock-curfew-tower-r1130533, accessed 24 April 2024.