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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Carew Castle Mill 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Carew Castle Mill’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
Carew Castle Mill 1795
D00579
Turner Bequest XXVI 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 203 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Carew Castle Mill’ and ‘26’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 26’ bottom right
See Ruskin’s note on the verso of folio 26 (D00578; Turner Bequest XXVI 25) opposite. The Castle Mill at Carew is of interest as a rare tidal mill, for which records date from the first half of the sixteenth century. It existed considerably earlier, as Turner’s drawing demonstrates: the structure he records incorporates a medieval fortified wall. The building was completely reconstructed in the early nineteenth century, some time after his visit.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Carew Castle Mill 1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-carew-castle-mill-r1140906, accessed 25 April 2024.