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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Castellammare di Stabia, from the Sea 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Castellammare di Stabia, from the Sea’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Castellammare di Stabia, from the Sea 1819
D15813
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘278’ bottom right and ‘40’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXV 40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch is a view of Castellammare di Stabia (formerly Castellamare, or Castel a Mare), on the Sorrentine peninsula. Turner’s viewpoint is from a boat on the sea to the west looking towards the port and bay. On the slopes of the hill to the left is the ninth-century castle from which the city derives its name. For a fuller description and further studies of Castellammare see folio 39 verso (D15812).
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Nicola Moorby
October 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Castellammare di Stabia, from the Sea 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-castellammare-di-stabia-from-the-sea-r1138280, accessed 02 September 2025.