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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lewes; Part of the Town with St Michael's Church c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lewes; Part of the Town with St Michael's Church’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Lewes; Part of the Town with St Michael’s Church circa 1806–10
D05648
Turner Bequest XCI 31
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 31’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This town appears to be Lewes with the River Ouse and on the left the wooden spire of St Michael’s Church (see also folio 33 of the sketchbook, D05650) below the mound of Lewes Castle, which is out of sight. Turner may have condensed his view somewhat. Views of Lewes and Lewes Castle run to folio 38 (D05655).
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Lewes; Part of the Town with St Michael’s Church c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-lewes-part-of-the-town-with-st-michaels-church-r1130958, accessed 24 April 2024.