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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle from the South-East 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle from the South-East’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Verso:
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle from the South-East 1830
D22058
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 44a
Pencil on white wove paper, 203 x 120 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Ba | 18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned vertically, there are two main views of the castle across the top and middle of the page, with the Hastings Tower on the left and the kitchen block at the centre beyond the east window of the chapel. The turret on the right does not survive; beyond is the square tower of St Helen’s Church. Turner’s viewpoint is now on school grounds east of the castle, and obscured by trees. There is a further slight study of buildings and trees immediately below.
For other views of Ashby, see under folio 21 verso (D22012; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 21).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle from the South-East 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, 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-ashby-de-la-zouch-castle-from-the-south-east-r1148699, accessed 25 April 2024.