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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berry Pomeroy Castle 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Berry Pomeroy Castle’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 141 Verso:
Berry Pomeroy Castle 1811
D08629
Turner Bequest CXXIII 138a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 117 x 75 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The ruined castle is seen from the north-east, showing the range above the North Terrace from near the mill pond in the valley of the Gatcombe Brook which skirts the north side of the castle.1 Strokes in the foreground may indicate a structure, perhaps a sluice or ‘mill dam’ as noted by Turner on folio 145 recto (D08636; CXXIII 142), regulating the flow from the pond to the stream.
For a discussion of Berry Pomeroy and other studies in this sketchbook, see the entry for the recto (D08628).
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See local map, castle plan and ‘old print’ from a similar viewpoint in Deryck Seymour and Jack Hazzard, Berry Pomeroy Castle, Torquay 1982, pp.14, 18, 168 respectively.
Technical notes:
At the centre left of the sketch there is an ink blot showing through from the recto of the leaf, itself offset from the previous page, folio 140 verso (D08627; CXXIII 137a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Berry Pomeroy Castle 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-berry-pomeroy-castle-r1137106, accessed 27 September 2024.