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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Windsor Castle from Romney Lock Island 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Windsor Castle from Romney Lock Island’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 135 Verso:
Windsor Castle from Romney Lock Island 1805
D06356
Turner Bequest XCVIII 135a
Pencil on white laid paper, 117 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. As Hill observes, the view is from near the weir at the head of Romney Lock Island, looking upstream towards Windsor Castle. Folio 136 verso (D06358) has a view from a similar position, in the opposite direction towards Eton.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Windsor Castle from Romney Lock Island 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-windsor-castle-from-romney-lock-island-r1130540, accessed 26 April 2024.