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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Pevensey Castle from the South c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Pevensey Castle from the South’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Distant View of Pevensey Castle from the South circa 1806–10
D05638
Turner Bequest XCI 21
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘21’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 21’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view is from the same angle as those on folios 19 and 20 of the sketchbook (D06536, D06537) but from further away. St Nicholas’s Church, Westham can be seen on the left. For Pevensey Castle in this sketchbook see notes to folio 13 (D05630).
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Distant View of Pevensey Castle from the South c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-distant-view-of-pevensey-castle-from-the-south-r1130948, accessed 25 April 2024.