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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Downs, near Lewes 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Downs, near Lewes’ 1845
Folio 7 Verso:
Downs, near Lewes 1845
D35274
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 7a
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 102 mm
This outline view of the Lewes Downs with details of the town below nominally sketched in continues over the page onto folio 8 recto (D35275). The man-made mound on which Lewes Castle sits can be seen below the Downs at the right.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘Downs, near Lewes 1845’, catalogue entry, May 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, July 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/downs-near-lewes-r1214184, accessed 11 July 2026.