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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lympne Castle and St Stephen's Church from the South-West c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lympne Castle and St Stephen's Church from the South-West’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Recto:
Lympne Castle and St Stephen’s Church from the South-West circa 1816–19
D10504
Turner Bequest CXL 49
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘49’ top left, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 49’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Lympne Castle and St Stephen’s Church in this sketchbook see note to folio 53 verso (D10501; Turner Bequest CXL 47a). This quick outline sketch is probably of the same view, taken from below the inland cliff on which the buildings stand, as appears on folio 54 verso (D10503; Turner Bequest CXL 48a).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Lympne Castle and St Stephen’s Church from the South-West 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-lympne-castle-and-st-stephens-church-from-the-south-west-r1131497, accessed 23 April 2024.