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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ruined Gateway of a Castle 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ruined Gateway of a Castle’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 101 Recto:
The Ruined Gateway of a Castle 1801
D02781
Turner Bequest LIV 101
Pencil and gouache on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Partial watermark ‘17 | J Wha’
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram top left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘101’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LIV 101’ 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 brief continuation of the drawing on folio 100 verso opposite (D02780), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
The touches of white gouache used for highlights have oxidised and darkened.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Ruined Gateway of a Castle 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-the-ruined-gateway-of-a-castle-r1178967, accessed 25 April 2024.