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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Newark Castle Seen across the Trent 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Newark Castle Seen across the Trent’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Newark Castle Seen across the Trent 1794
D00700
Turner Bequest XXVIII O
Pencil on white wove paper, 213 x 276 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXVIII – O’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This was used as the basis for a finished watercolour now in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven;1 another view of the castle is Tate D00360 (Turner Bequest XXII G)
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Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.318 no.168, reproduced.
Technical notes:
The sheet is discoloured from exposure owing to prolonged display.
Verso:
Blank; black and grey paint smears; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Newark Castle Seen across the Trent 1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-newark-castle-seen-across-the-trent-r1141074, accessed 07 February 2025.