This is a study of part of Arundel Castle, the ancient seat of the Dukes of Norfolk, situated in the Arun Valley of West Sussex. The drawing has been produced with the sketchbook turned upside down. There is another sketch of the same part of the Castle above the principal study, though it is rendered in profile only and has been left undeveloped.
These sketches are associated with Turner’s watercolour designs for W.B. Cooke’s
Rivers of England print series:
Arundel Castle on the River Arun, with a Rainbow (Tate
D18139; Turner Bequest CCVIII F) and
Arundel Castle on the River Arun (Tate
D18140; Turner Bequest CCVIII G).
1For other sketches of Arundel Castle in this book see Tate
D18419–D18461; Turner Bequest CCX 63–84a. See also Tate
D22819–D22820,
D22847–D22848,
D22881–D22884,
D22887,
D22900–D22901,
D22936,
D23002–D23010; Turner Bequest CCXLV 21a–22, 38a–39, 60a–62, 63a, 70a–71, CCXLVI 22, 86a–91.
Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015
