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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Eridge Castle c.1810

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Eridge Castle’ c.1810
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Eridge Castle circa 1810
D10231
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVII 15’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 15 verso (D10230; Turner Bequest CXXXVII 14a) for which see catalogue entry.
There is a trace of yellow watercolour, bottom right, presumably spilt while Turner worked on the watercolour based on this double-spread drawing (Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester).1
1
Andrew Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, Fribourg 1979, p.349 no.439.
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David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Eridge Castle c.1810 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-eridge-castle-r1131272, accessed 17 July 2024.