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 > Richmond Hill; Hastings to Margate ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Saltwood Castle from Castle Road c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Saltwood Castle from Castle Road’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
Saltwood Castle from Castle Road circa 1816–19
D10486
Turner Bequest CXL 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Road’ below image left of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘40’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 40’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Saltwood Castle in this sketchbook see notes to folio 43 verso (D10481; Turner Bequest CXL 37a). This view is taken from the road to the west of the castle, looking towards the walls, the ruined Barbican Gate on the left and the great gatehouse to the rear.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Saltwood Castle from Castle Road c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-saltwood-castle-from-castle-road-r1131479, accessed 26 April 2024.