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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Corfe Castle: The Castle and Village from West Hill 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Corfe Castle: The Castle and Village from West Hill’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Corfe Castle: The Castle and Village from West Hill 1811
D08808
Turner Bequest CXXIV 1a
Pencil on white wove paper, 170 x 209 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a brief continuation of the main view on folio 2 recto opposite (D08809). It shows Corfe Castle’s church of St Edward King and Martyr, in the village to the south-east of the castle.
Technical notes:
Small tears at the edges have been repaired.

Matthew Imms
February 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Corfe Castle: The Castle and Village from West Hill 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-corfe-castle-the-castle-and-village-from-west-hill-r1137291, accessed 18 April 2024.