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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Castellated Buildings c.1822-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Castellated Buildings’ c.1822-40
Castellated Buildings c.1822–40
D41486
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 337v
Pencil on white wove paper, 182 x 226 mm
Watermark ‘J Whatman | Turkey Mill | 1822’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1263’ top right, upside down
Inscribed in pencil ‘87’ towards bottom left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 337’ towards top right, upside down
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough two-stage sketch of the elevations of castellated buildings, whether real or imaginary, with their Tudor-style mullioned windows and dripstone mouldings, is not noted in Finberg’s 1909 Inventory.1 It appears to be something of an elaborate doodle.
The recto, an unrelated watercolour cloud study, is D25460 (Turner Bequest CCLXIII 337).
Technical notes:
Some colour shows through the thin sheet from the recto.

Matthew Imms
March 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Castellated Buildings c.1822–40’, catalogue entry, March 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/castellated-buildings-r1183162, accessed 21 November 2024.