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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Kendal Bridge, Church and Castle; Two Details of Kendal Castle 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kendal Bridge, Church and Castle; Two Details of Kendal Castle’ 1816 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
Kendal Bridge, Church and Castle; Two Details of Kendal Castle 1816
D40842
Turner Bequest
Pencil on paper, 125 x 206 mm
Inscribed by unknown hand in pencil ‘4/6’ bottom right corner, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXLVII’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
To the left is a drawing of Kendal Castle from the south, continuing to the right the drawing of Kendal Bridge and Church on folio 44 verso (D11517) opposite. To the right are two details of Kendal Castle. The top drawing relates to the main sketch on this page, the lower drawing relates to the view of the castle as recorded two sketches previously, on folio 44 recto (D11516). This perhaps suggests that Turner was making use of a telescope to observe the details of his key buildings more clearly.
The inscription ‘4/6’ is presumably the original price of the sketchbook. Others inside the front cover (D41497) seem to indicate that it was progressively reduced to ‘4’ and ‘3’ shillings.
Technical notes:
There are traces at the right of a former clasp. The front cover has a catch-plate still present.

David Hill
February 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Kendal Bridge, Church and Castle; Two Details of Kendal Castle 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-kendal-bridge-church-and-castle-two-details-of-kendal-castle-r1143653, accessed 20 September 2024.