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 > Composition Studies Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Windsor Castle from across the River Thames c.1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Windsor Castle from across the River Thames’ c.1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
?Windsor Castle from across the River Thames c.1805
D03807
Turner Bequest LXV 6
Ink on cream laid writing paper, 118 x 184 mm
Part watermark ‘J Lar’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXV – 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The tall and extensive range of riverside buildings in the distance here suggests Windsor Castle, as discussed in the entry for the variation on folio 5 recto (D03806).
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Matthew Imms
April 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Windsor Castle from across the River Thames c.1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-windsor-castle-from-across-the-river-thames-r1183644, accessed 17 July 2024.