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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lewes; the River Ouse and the Castle in the Distance c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lewes; the River Ouse and the Castle in the Distance’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Recto:
Lewes; the River Ouse and the Castle in the Distance circa 1806–10
D05653
Turner Bequest XCI 36
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘36’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 36’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
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. Here, and on folio 37 of the sketchbook (D05654) Turner shows the Ouse passing below the town and castle. 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; the River Ouse and the Castle in the Distance 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-the-river-ouse-and-the-castle-in-the-distance-r1130964, accessed 20 April 2024.