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Here Turner has drawn a series of diminutive views of Arundel in West Sussex, each rendered with the sketchbook turned upside down. Located on the banks of the River Arun, the town is dominated by the imposing Arundel Castle, seat of the Dukes of Norfolk (see Tate
D18418; Turner Bequest CCX 63). The central prospect is annotated with an inscription beginning ‘Timber Cargo’, which likely describes the transportation of wood in the carts depicted.
These sketches are associated with Turner’s watercolour designs for W.B. Cooke’s
Rivers of England:
Arundel Castle on the River Arun, with a Rainbow (Tate
D18139; Turner Bequest CCVIII F),
Arundel Castle on the River Arun (Tate
D18140; Turner Bequest CCVIII G) and
Arundel Castle and Town, Sussex produced for the
Picturesque Views in England and Wales print series (Tate impression
T06109).
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
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