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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cilgerran Castle 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cilgerran Castle’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Cilgerran Castle 1798
D01279
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 28
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘28’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 28’ bottom left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This a view looking upstream, with a kiln or forge on the riverbank lower left; see folio recto 40 (D01354; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 100). Other views of Cilgerran are on the rectos of folios 37, 39, 40 and 41 (D01342, D01280, D01254, D01281; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 88, 28a, 100, 29).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Cilgerran Castle 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cilgerran-castle-r1173176, accessed 26 January 2025.