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 Verso:
Lewes 1845
D35276
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 8a
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 105 mm
This page and folio 9 recto opposite (D35277) bear a series of outline drawings of the town of Lewes, drawn across the double-page spread. Here Turner’s focus is on the outline of Lewes Castle, as on previous pages (folios 7 recto and 8 recto, for example; D35273, D35275), repeated attempts to define its shape overlap.

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-r1214186, accessed 11 July 2026.