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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Beeston Castle: Near View from the South-East 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Beeston Castle: Near View from the South–East 1801
D05144
Turner Bequest LXXXII 65
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Watermark ‘1794’ (trimmed)
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘65’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 65’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of several drawings showing Beeston Castle in this sketchbook; see under folio 60 recto (D05139).
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Beeston Castle: Near View from the South–East 1801 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-beeston-castle-near-view-from-the-south-east-r1178713, accessed 28 March 2024.