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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Windsor and Eton Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Windsor Castle and Eton from the North c.1806-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Windsor Castle and Eton from the North’ c.1806-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Verso:
Windsor Castle and Eton from the North circa 1806–8
D40657
Turner Bequest
Pencil on paper, 107 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, this is part of a panoramic view of Windsor and Eton from the north mainly on folio 5 (D06076). For a closer view of Eton College and Chapel from the same angle see folio 4 of the sketchbook (D06075).

David Blayney Brown
September 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Windsor Castle and Eton from the North c.1806–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, 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-windsor-castle-and-eton-from-the-north-r1130256, accessed 24 November 2024.