Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Castellated Buildings c.1822–40
D41486
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 337v
Pencil on white wove paper, 182 x 226 mm
Watermark ‘J Whatman | Turkey Mill | 1822’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1263’ top right, upside down
Inscribed in pencil ‘87’ towards bottom left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 337’ towards top right, upside down
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough two-stage sketch of the elevations of castellated buildings, whether real or imaginary, with their Tudor-style mullioned windows and dripstone mouldings, is not noted in Finberg’s 1909
Inventory.
1 It appears to be something of an elaborate doodle.
The recto, an unrelated watercolour cloud study, is D25460 (Turner Bequest CCLXIII 337).