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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827
D22145
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 88
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘rnard | 20’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘88’ bottom left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVIII – 88’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the focus here is a distant vertical feature which appears to be the Clockcase tower, a folly situated beyond the eastern shore of Virginia Water and the London road. It is now obscured by trees. The sketch continues a little on folio 89 verso opposite (D22144; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 87a), with trees on the south side of the lake.
For other views around Virginia Water, see under folio 73 verso (D22113; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 71a).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827 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-virginia-water-with-the-clockcase-in-the-distance-r1148786, accessed 21 September 2024.