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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devonshire Rivers, No.3, and Wharfedale ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Launceston Castle from the South 1814

Image 1 of 1
Sorry, no image is available of this artwork
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 71 Recto:
Launceston Castle from the South 1814
D09813
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 21
Pencil on white wove paper with gilt edges, 179 x 254 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIV – 21’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
At the centre, partly eclipsing the keep beyond to the north, is the gateway to Launceston Castle which still stands at the junction of St Thomas Road and Western Road. Later buildings now preclude the viewpoint, and the tower to the right does not survive. On the left, on the far side of the valley to the north-west, is the tower of St Stephen’s Church, St Stephen-by-Launceston.
For other views of the castle and the surrounding town, see under folio 70 recto (D09873; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 72).
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Launceston Castle from the South 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-launceston-castle-from-the-south-r1147431, accessed 23 April 2024.