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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner St Donat's: Part of the Castle, with the Watchtower Beyond 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘St Donat's: Part of the Castle, with the Watchtower Beyond’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
St Donat’s: Part of the Castle, with the Watchtower Beyond 1798
D01762
Turner Bequest XLII 87
Pencil on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘87’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 87’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 43 verso opposite (D01761; Turner Bequest XLII 86), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘St Donat’s: Part of the Castle, with the Watchtower Beyond 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-st-donats-part-of-the-castle-with-the-watchtower-beyond-r1173958, accessed 24 April 2024.