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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lewes 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lewes’ 1845
Folio 8 Recto:
Lewes 1845
D35275
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 105 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘8’ bottom right (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 8’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
At the left, Turner has continued his sketch of the Lewes Downs from the previous page, folio 7 verso (D35274). Most of the page is devoted to the profile of Lewes Castle mound, repeated on a larger scale from the previous page.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘Lewes 1845’, catalogue entry, May 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, July 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/lewes-r1214185, accessed 11 July 2026.