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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lydford Castle 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lydford Castle’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Lydford Castle 1814
D09525
Turner Bequest CXXXII 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 42’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The four-square keep of Lydford Castle is seen from the north-west, from the depression on that side of the village which runs into Lydford Gorge to the south-east, out of sight to the right here. There is a similar view including the adjacent church on folio 41 recto (D09524). This is the last of a sequence of views around Lydford, for which see under folio 28 recto (D09510).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Lydford Castle 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-lydford-castle-r1147071, accessed 20 April 2024.