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 Bodiam Castle from the South-West near the River Rother c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bodiam Castle from the South-West near the River Rother’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Recto:
Bodiam Castle from the South-West near the River Rother circa 1806–10
D05685
Turner Bequest XCI 68
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘68’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 68’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Bodiam Castle in this sketchbook see notes to folio 67 (D05684). This view is towards the south and west walls with the Postern Tower near the centre.
The leaf is stained.
Verso:
Slight sketch of Bodiam Castle.

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Bodiam Castle from the South-West near the River Rother 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-bodiam-castle-from-the-south-west-near-the-river-rother-r1130996, accessed 25 April 2024.