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 The Land Gate, Rye c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Land Gate, Rye’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Verso:
The Land Gate, Rye circa 1816–19
D10499
Turner Bequest CXL 46a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Light stone’ above image, centre, ‘Smooth S’ within image above archway and ‘Rust’ at base of tower, lower right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As well as views from outside the town, Turner drew two close views of its medieval buildings in this sketchbook. This one shows the Land Gate, a remnant of the old town walls, from just outside, looking through to Hilder’s Cliff as it climbs into the town. For a drawing of the Ypres Tower at Rye see folio 53 (D10500; Turner Bequest CXL 47).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Land Gate, Rye 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-the-land-gate-rye-r1131492, accessed 25 April 2024.