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Chepstow Castle

Watercolour
ca. 1810-1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour over pencil, probaly with some pencil heightening on the rocks; on rough off-white wove paper, sheet size 24.9 x 31.6cm, ruled to a rectangle around the drawing 19.5 x 26.8 cm splashed with experimental washes and with colour notes in the margins.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleChepstow Castle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil
Brief description
Watercolour, Chepstow Castle, by William Turner (of Oxford), ca. 1810-60.
Physical description
Watercolour over pencil, probaly with some pencil heightening on the rocks; on rough off-white wove paper, sheet size 24.9 x 31.6cm, ruled to a rectangle around the drawing 19.5 x 26.8 cm splashed with experimental washes and with colour notes in the margins.
Dimensions
  • Height: 249mm
  • Width: 316mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Chepstow Castle

    Note
    Inscribed in pencil on the back, probably by the artist

  • William Turner of Oxford

    Note
    Inscribed on the back perhaps by Kempe

Object history
Provenance: Charles Kempe: purchased as part of the archive of Charles E. Kempe & Co. from Messrs Weinreb.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
P.8-1977

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Record createdApril 15, 2009
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