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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Distant View of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight 1795
D00431
Turner Bequest XXIV 24
Pencil on white wove paper, 204 x 264 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?corn]’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘24’ bottom left, descending vertically (now very faint)
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 24’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Two further views of Carisbrooke Castle are on folios 25 recto and 26 recto (D00432, D00433; Turner Bequest XXIV 25, 25a). See also folio 45 recto (D00452; Turner Bequest XXIV 44), where the castle is visible in the background of a view of Newport.
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant View of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight 1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-distant-view-of-carisbrooke-castle-isle-of-wight-r1141009, accessed 25 April 2024.