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 Berry Pomeroy Castle and Water Mill 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Berry Pomeroy Castle and Water Mill’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 146 Recto:
Berry Pomeroy Castle and Water Mill 1811
D08638
Turner Bequest CXXIII 143
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘143’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 143’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The ruined castle is seen from the east, from the valley of the Gatcombe Brook which skirts the north side of the castle.1 The gable topped by a finial in the foreground belongs to the watermill below the castle. There is a closer view of it on folio 148 recto (D08642; CXXIII 145). For a discussion of Berry Pomeroy and other studies in this sketchbook, see the entry for folio 141 recto (D08628; CXXIII 138).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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See local map, castle plan and ‘old print’ from a similar viewpoint in Deryck Seymour and Jack Hazzard, Berry Pomeroy Castle, Torquay 1982, pp.14, 18, 168 respectively.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Berry Pomeroy Castle and Water Mill 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-berry-pomeroy-castle-and-water-mill-r1137115, accessed 27 April 2024.