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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lewes from the South, with the Remains of the Priory of St Pancras 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lewes from the South, with the Remains of the Priory of St Pancras’ 1845
Folio 9 Recto:
Lewes from the South, with the Remains of the Priory of St Pancras 1845
D35277
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 104 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘9’ bottom right (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 9’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continuing from folio 8 verso opposite (D35276), this sketch traces the profile of the remains of the Priory of St Pancras at Lewes, with the Downs seen in the background. The Priory was founded in the late eleventh century and partly-demolished at the time of the dissolution in 1537. The two parallel lines at the bottom of the page possibly indicate Turner’s position on a road leading into the town but these lines might also stand for the cutting made in October 1845 for the Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway that scythed its way through the Priory site.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘Lewes from the South, with the Remains of the Priory of St Pancras 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-from-the-south-with-the-remains-of-the-priory-of-st-pancras-r1214187, accessed 11 July 2026.