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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Okehampton Castle from the South-East 1814

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
Okehampton Castle from the South-East 1814
D09529
Turner Bequest CXXXII 46
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘Iv
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 46’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch focuses on the buildings in the bailey below Okehampton Castle’s keep, seen at the top left. Turner’s viewpoint is the West Okement Valley, looking north-west. For other views of Okehampton, see under folio 43 recto (D09526).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Okehampton Castle from the South-East 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-okehampton-castle-from-the-south-east-r1147075, accessed 20 September 2024.