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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Beeston Castle Seen between Trees 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Beeston Castle Seen between Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Beeston Castle Seen between Trees 1801
D05140
Turner Bequest LXXXII 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 256 x 161 mm
Watermark ‘1794’ (trimmed)
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘61’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 61’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough sketch is one of several showing Beeston Castle in this sketchbook; see under folio 60 recto (D05139).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Beeston Castle Seen between Trees 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-beeston-castle-seen-between-trees-r1178709, accessed 27 April 2024.