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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River 1801
D02490
Turner Bequest LIII 19
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Partial watermark ‘1 | J Wh’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘19’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 19’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 18 verso opposite (D02489).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-durham-the-castle-seen-from-the-opposite-bank-of-the-river-r1178512, accessed 21 November 2024.