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 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Camber Castle, with a Boat Aground c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Camber Castle, with a Boat Aground’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Camber Castle, with a Boat Aground circa 1806–10
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Turner Bequest XCII 5
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 5’ 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
Camber (formerly Winchelsea) Castle (in the care of English Heritage) was built between 1512–40 by Henry VIII to guard Rye harbour and the entrance to Camber, then an important anchorage for ships sheltering or waiting to warp into the narrower waters of the port of Rye. The shifting coastline has left it far inland.
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David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Camber Castle, with a Boat Aground c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-camber-castle-with-a-boat-aground-r1131036, accessed 19 April 2024.