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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
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 Launceston Castle 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Launceston Castle’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 107 Recto:
Launceston Castle 1814
D09597
Turner Bequest CXXXII 107
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘107’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 107’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation to the right of the main sketch of Launceston Castle from the south-west on folio 106 recto (D09596, under which other views are listed), made by pushing the latter page back to the left to complete the view of the south-eastern part of the castle here.
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Launceston 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-launceston-castle-r1147146, accessed 26 April 2024.