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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Restormel Castle from the Fowey Valley 1811

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Verso:
Restormel Castle from the Fowey Valley 1811
D08438
Turner Bequest CXXIII 40a
Pencil on white wove printing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Restormel Castle is seen on the skyline towards the right, looking north from the valley of the Fowey. There is a similar sketch on folio 41 recto opposite (D08439); for other views see under folio 7 recto (D08374).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Restormel Castle from the Fowey Valley 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2011, 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-restormel-castle-from-the-fowey-valley-r1136915, accessed 19 September 2024.