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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Okehampton Castle 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
?Okehampton Castle 1814
D09797
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 8
Pencil on white wove paper with gilt edges, 179 x 254 mm
Inscribed by Turner ‘B’ bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIV – 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The slight profile of what appears to be a building on the skyline may indicate Okehampton Castle, shown in greater detail on preceding pages. For other views of the town and castle at Okehampton, see under folio 59 recto (D09814; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 22).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Okehampton Castle 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-okehampton-castle-r1147425, accessed 26 April 2024.