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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Calshot Castle and Southampton 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Calshot Castle and Southampton’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Views of Calshot Castle and Southampton 1827
D18107
Turner Bequest CCVII 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 100 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘s w n’ left of centre, ‘C’ towards top right, and ‘x’ towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘61’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCVII – 61’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the studies on folio 60 verso opposite (D18106), these five low coastal profiles show views around Calshot Castle, at the entrance to Southampton Water. In the second, the church spires of Southampton are shown, some six miles to the north-west. The two similar views at the bottom show the castle from the north, looking across the water. Compare the undated drawing by the marine painter Nicholas Pocock (1741–1821) showing Calshott [sic] Castle with the Isle of Wight from the Northward (Tate T09379).
This is one of a sequence of pages showing the Southampton area; see under folio 58 verso (D18102).

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Views of Calshot Castle and Southampton 1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-views-of-calshot-castle-and-southampton-r1183595, accessed 25 April 2024.