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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bodiam Castle; the Moat and Barbican from the North-East c.1806-10

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Recto:
Bodiam Castle; the Moat and Barbican from the North-East circa 1806–10
D05689
Turner Bequest XCI 72
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘72’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 72’ 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). Here, the Barbican guarding the bridge to the castle from the north bank of the moat is seen at the centre.
The leaf is stained, and torn and repaired at the bottom left corner
Verso:
Blank, splashed with ink or grey wash

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Bodiam Castle; the Moat and Barbican from the North-East 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-the-moat-and-barbican-from-the-north-east-r1131000, accessed 29 March 2024.