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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Saltwood Castle; the Barbican Gate c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Saltwood Castle; the Barbican Gate’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Verso:
Saltwood Castle; the Barbican Gate circa 1816–19
D10485
Turner Bequest CXL 39a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed illegibly by Turner in pencil ‘Cottage’ below image left of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Saltwood Castle in this sketchbook see notes to folio 43 verso (D10481; Turner Bequest CXL 37a). This is a close view of the ruined Barbican Gate which spans the castle moat and takes the driveway from what is now Castle Road slightly to the west. There is no cottage visible here but Turner’s inscription might refer to the building seen in the view from Castle Road on folio 46 (D10486; Turner Bequest CXL 40).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Saltwood Castle; the Barbican Gate c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-saltwood-castle-the-barbican-gate-r1131478, accessed 25 April 2024.