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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lewes 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lewes’ 1845
Folio 5 Recto:
Lewes 1845
D35269
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 104 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘5’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 5’ top left, upside down
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. Framed by trees at left and right the view takes in a mound in the distance; this is most likely to be Lewes Castle, which was built for William the Conqueror in 1069, as seen on folio 4 recto (D35267).

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘Lewes 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-r1214179, accessed 11 July 2026.