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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lewes Castle Seen through Trees c.1806-10

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
Lewes Castle Seen through Trees circa 1806–10
D05651
Turner Bequest XCI 34
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘34’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 34’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower left of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The identification of Lewes is correctly given by Edward Croft-Murray in pencil annotations to a copy of Finberg now in Tate’s Library. For Lewes in this sketchbook see note to folio 31 (D05648).
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Lewes Castle Seen through Trees 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-lewes-castle-seen-through-trees-r1130961, accessed 28 March 2024.