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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Lewes from the River Ouse 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Lewes from the River Ouse’ 1845
Folio 3 Recto:
?Lewes from the River Ouse 1845
D35265
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 3
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 104 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 3’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is possibly a view of the River Ouse, which flows through Lewes, with trees at the left, a square building (possibly the church of St John sub Castro, seen on folio 2 verso opposite; D35264) in the centre and cliffs at the right-hand side. The tower-like building in the right foreground is possibly a separate study, drawn over the cliffs.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘?Lewes from the River Ouse 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/lewes-from-the-river-ouse-r1214175, accessed 11 July 2026.