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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Kenilworth Castle from the South-South-East 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kenilworth Castle from the South-South-East’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Verso:
Kenilworth Castle from the South-South-East 1830
D22033
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 31a
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From a similar viewpoint to that used in the rougher sketch on the recto (D22032), Kenilworth Castle is seen from the south-south-east, with the Saintlowe Tower on the left, Leicester’s Building at the centre and the Great Tower rising beyond on the north side of the inner court.
Most of the sketches between folios 27 recto (D22024) and 37 verso (D22045) show Kenilworth. For the history of the castle and Turner’s subsequent watercolour, which Eric Shanes has described as a ‘synthesis’ of sketches between folios 28 verso (D22027) and 37 verso,1 see under folio 29 recto (D22028).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

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Shanes 1979, p.156

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Kenilworth Castle from the South-South-East 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, 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-kenilworth-castle-from-the-south-south-east-r1148674, accessed 26 April 2024.