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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ypres Tower, Rye c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ypres Tower, Rye’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
The Ypres Tower, Rye circa 1816–19
D10500
Turner Bequest CXL 47
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For views of Rye in this sketchbook see notes to folio 52 verso (D10499; Turner Bequest CXL 46a). The Ypres Tower (now the museum of Rye) stands at the south-east corner of the former town walls; the keep is the only remains of Rye Castle, built by Peter de Savoy. It takes its name from John de Ypres who bought it in 1430. When Turner knew it, it was used as the town prison.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Ypres Tower, Rye c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-the-ypres-tower-rye-r1131493, accessed 02 January 2025.