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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Launceston Castle to the West along the Kensey Valley 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 76 Recto:
Launceston Castle to the West along the Kensey Valley 1814
D09824
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 32
Pencil on white wove paper with gilt edges, 179 x 254 mm
Watermark ‘J Whatman | 1811’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIV – 32’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The exact viewpoint has yet to be established in terms of the house on the left, which may not survive, but in the distance Launceston Castle and the adjacent tower of St Mary Magdalene’s Church are seen to the west up the valley of the River Kensey. There are a few figures in the centre, below the embankment or terrace. For other views of Launceston Castle and the surrounding town, see under folio 70 recto (D09873; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 72).
The Kensey flows into the River Tamar near Polson Bridge, the subject on folios 77 recto and 78 recto (D09825, D09826; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 33, 34).
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Launceston Castle to the West along the Kensey Valley 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-to-the-west-along-the-kensey-valley-r1147436, accessed 26 April 2024.