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 Verso:
Lewes 1845
D35270
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 5a
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 104 mm
This drawing continues on folio 6 recto opposite (D35271). It appears to be the same view of Lewes Turner sketched on the recto of the present leaf (D35269), only now the artist is closer to the town.

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-r1214180, accessed 11 July 2026.