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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Designs for Sandycombe Lodge c.1811

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Designs for Sandycombe Lodge’ c.1811
Folio 2 Recto:
Designs for Sandycombe Lodge circa 1811
D07596
Turner Bequest CXI 2
Pen and ink on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXI 2’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg was surely right to associate this small house with a central block and a low wing at its side with Sandycome Lodge, Turner’s out-of-town retreat at Twickenham. A further idea for the roofing of the wing is on folio 55 (D07679). Turner bought the land in 1807 and began planning the building about 1811. Drawings occur in a number of sketchbooks.

David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Designs for Sandycombe Lodge c.1811’, catalogue entry, April 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/designs-for-sandycombe-lodge-r1131084, accessed 18 April 2024.