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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner St Catherine's Castle, Fowey 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘St Catherine's Castle, Fowey’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
St Catherine’s Castle, Fowey 1811
D08390
Turner Bequest CXXIII 15a
Pencil on white wove printing paper, 117 x 75 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The ruined St Catherine’s Castle is viewed from the steep rocks below, with the outline of the harbourside blockhouse to the north-east on the right. There is a view from nearby in the contemporary Ivy Bridge to Penzance sketchbook (Tate D08891; Turner Bequest CXXV 19a). For other views in and around Fowey see under folio 5 verso (D08371).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘St Catherine’s Castle, Fowey 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-st-catherines-castle-fowey-r1136867, accessed 26 April 2024.