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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Caerphilly Castle from the South-East 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Caerphilly Castle from the South-East’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Caerphilly Castle from the South-East 1798
D01637
Turner Bequest XLI 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 291 x 457 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘9.’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLI – 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Other drawings of Caerphilly are on D01636, D01639, and probably D01640 (Turner Bequest XLI 8, 10a, 11) in this sketchbook. This view shows the famous ‘Leaning Tower’ at the south-east corner of the castle, with to its left the southern wall, the postern gate at its centre. In the foreground are the overgrown ramparts of the dam that contained the southern defensive lake.
Technical notes:
There is some damage to the sheet at the top centre.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘43’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Caerphilly Castle from the South-East 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-caerphilly-castle-from-the-south-east-r1173257, accessed 19 April 2024.