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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Strand Gate, Winchelsea, Rye in the Distance c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Strand Gate, Winchelsea, Rye in the Distance’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Verso:
The Strand Gate, Winchelsea, Rye in the Distance circa 1816–19
D10529
Turner Bequest CXL 61a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As well as drawing the Strand Gate from below on Strand Hill as it rises to enter the town, on folio 67 verso of the sketchbook (D10527; Turner Bequest CXL 60a). Here Turner has drawn it from the other side as approached from the High Street. He is looking past the gate down the hill over the roofs of the former workhouse (now Strand House) and Bridge Inn, both drawn on folio 63 verso (D10519; Turner Bequest CXL 56a), towards Rye.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Strand Gate, Winchelsea, Rye in the Distance 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-the-strand-gate-winchelsea-rye-in-the-distance-r1131523, accessed 26 April 2024.