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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Windmill and Tower 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Windmill and Tower’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
A Windmill and Tower 1845
D35516
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Partial watermark ‘ing | 42’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXI – 16’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turned vertically, the page comprises a thumbnail sketch of a windmill with what may be a church tower with a turret beyond. There is no indication of a wider setting, although windmills on folios 6 verso and 7 recto (D35498, D35499) appear to be on a Channel coast, the subject of adjacent drawings. See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Windmill and Tower 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-windmill-and-tower-r1183939, accessed 26 April 2024.