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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cowdray Castle and the Stone Bridge 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cowdray Castle and the Stone Bridge’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Verso:
Cowdray Castle and the Stone Bridge 1809
D07845
Turner Bequest CXII 84a
Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner visited Cowdray Castle at the time of his visit to Petworth in 1809 and drew it in his Petworth sketchbook (Tate D07517–D07519; Turner Bequest CIX 6–8). This much slighter sketch shows part of the west front with the bridge over the River Rother at left.

David Blayney Brown
June 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Cowdray Castle and the Stone Bridge 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2009, 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-cowdray-castle-and-the-stone-bridge-r1135799, accessed 26 April 2024.