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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Five Sketches at Castellammare di Stabia and Pozzano 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Five Sketches at Castellammare di Stabia and Pozzano’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Five Sketches at Castellammare di Stabia and Pozzano 1819
D15849
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 60
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘[?Tranna a Pouve]’ bottom right of top sketch, ‘Red’ bottom centre of second sketch from top, ‘white | Red | green | white | Red WB | Black | Boats Red B[?lack] | and w’ bottom right of third sketch from top, ‘[?Porta Garen]’ bottom right of second sketch from bottom
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘278’ top right, ascending right-hand edge and ‘60’ top left, ascending left-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXV 60’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains a series of five views relating to Castellammare di Stabia (previously known as Castellamare or Castel a Mare), a city on the Tyrrhenian coast between Naples and Sorrento. Visible in the top and bottom scenes is the Basilica of Pozzano (also known as the Santuario della Madonna di Pozzano), situated on the hill to the west of Castellammare, see folio 39 (D15811). The second sketch from the top meanwhile depicts the vista looking east towards the harbour and naval arsenal, with the ninth-century castle on the slopes to the right. The remaining studies in the middle of the sheet depict an unidentified building on the coast near Pozzano. For a fuller description and further sketches of Castellammare see folio 59 (D15845).

Nicola Moorby
November 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Five Sketches at Castellammare di Stabia and Pozzano 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2010, 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-five-sketches-at-castellammare-di-stabia-and-pozzano-r1138318, accessed 18 September 2024.