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 10 Recto:
Lewes 1845
D35279
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 104 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘10’ bottom right (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 10’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Bearing outlines of a castle and stepped fortifications similar to those of Lewes Castle on previous pages (folios 7 recto and 8 recto, for example; D35273, D35275), this view appears to be taken from a position below the castle mound, with only the upper part of the tower visible above the hill and possibly a sketch of the mound’s steep side at the right.

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-r1214189, accessed 11 July 2026.