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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Windsor Castle from the North-West ?1792

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Windsor Castle from the North-West’ ?1792
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Windsor Castle from the North-West ?1792
D00118
Turner Bequest VIII D
Pencil on white wove paper, 217 x 271 mm
Inscribed by Turner with numerals within the drawing
Stamped in black ‘VIII D’ bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘VIII, D.’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner was to choose a view from the same point for the plate of Windsor, Berkshire in the Picturesque Views in England and Wales (Lloyd Bequest, British Museum, London).1
There is a sketch on the verso (D40222).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.397 no.829, reproduced.

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Windsor Castle from the North-West ?1792 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-windsor-castle-from-the-north-west-r1140242, accessed 24 November 2024.