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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Castle with a Stormy Sky 1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Verso:
Castle with a Stormy Sky 1802
D04778
Turner Bequest LXXVII 36a
Pencil on white wove paper, 154 x 240 mm
Inscribed probably by John Ruskin in red ink ‘828’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s title has been retained for this very slight sketch (made with the sketchbook inverted). The subject remains unidentified.

David Blayney Brown
March 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Castle with a Stormy Sky 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2004, 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-castle-with-a-stormy-sky-r1133482, accessed 28 March 2024.