Joseph Mallord William Turner

East Cowes Castle from the North, between Trees along the Drive

1827

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
The House and Grounds at East Cowes Castle
Medium
Chalk and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Support: 191 × 141 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D20811
Turner Bequest CCXXVII a 8

Catalogue entry

The prospect is to the south along the wooded approach to East Cowes Castle; compare in particular Tate D20810 and D20845 (Turner Bequest CCXXVII a 7, 42). The crescent of the new moon is lightly indicated at the top left; see also D20824 (CCXXVII a 21) and the Introduction to this subsection.
This is among dozens of blue paper studies made in and around East Cowes Castle, presumably in the course of a single visit. For more on the various aspects of the house (demolished in about 1950), and its lost grounds as depicted by Turner, see the Introduction.
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Matthew Imms
November 2015

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