Joseph Mallord William Turner

Pevensey Village and Castle

c.1806–10

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook
Medium: Chalk and graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 128 x 201 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D05630
Turner Bequest XCI 13

Catalogue entry

The subject is certainly Pevensey, from the north. St Nicholas’s Church can be seen on the left. In a series of views running to folio 21 of the sketchbook (D05638) Turner surveys Pevensey Castle from different angles. The castle (in the care of English Heritage) originated in a Roman shore fort and was enlarged in the century following the Norman Conquest. It was one of the subjects Turner painted in watercolour for John Fuller (private collection),1 referring to his Views in Sussex sketchbook (Tate D10326; Turner Bequest CXXXVIII 7).

1

Andrew Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, Fribourg 1979, pp.348–9 no.431.

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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

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