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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Gate and Outer Wall of Hougoumont 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Gate and Outer Wall of Hougoumont’ 1817
Folio 25 Recto:
The Gate and Outer Wall of Hougoumont 1817
D12747
Turner Bequest CLX 25
Pencil on white wove paper, 150 x 94 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ruins of Hugoment Gate’ bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘25’ top left, and ‘258’ top right, both ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CLX – 25’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Turner at Waterloo in 1817 see Introduction to this sketchbook and notes to folio 16 verso (D12731).
With the page turned horizontally, the gate, which Turner describes as still ruinous after its battering during the battle in 1815, is seen here from the north–west, from the farm road leading from the Nivelles road. Progressively more distant and complete views of the château from the same angle are on the verso (D12748) and folio 26 recto (D12750).

David Blayney Brown
June 2025

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Gate and Outer Wall of Hougoumont 1817’, catalogue entry, June 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-gate-and-outer-wall-of-hougoumont-r1212115, accessed 31 July 2026.