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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Detail of a Castle c.1799-1800

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Detail of a Castle’ c.1799-1800
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 130 Verso:
A Detail of a Castle c.1799–1800
D03970
Turner Bequest LXVI 129a
Pencil on blue laid paper, 83 x 166 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXVI – 129a’ bottom right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this may be a detail of Chepstow Castle; see the entry for folio 129 verso (D03968; Turner Bequest LXVI 128a).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Detail of a Castle c.1799–1800 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-detail-of-a-castle-r1180210, accessed 18 April 2024.