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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797 ... > Smaller Fonthill Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Durham, with the Castle and the Cathedral seen from above Framwellgate Bridge 1801

Image 1 of 2
  • Enhanced image
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Durham, with the Castle and the Cathedral seen from above Framwellgate Bridge’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Durham, with the Castle and the Cathedral seen from above Framwellgate Bridge 1801
D02239
Turner Bequest XLVIII 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 416 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘X’ and ‘XX’, and with other notes in the drawing
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLVIII – 4’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner had made numerous drawings of Durham when he visited the city on his North of England tour in 1797; see in particular the Tweed and Lakes sketchbook (Tate; Turner Bequest XXXV). He would no doubt have wished to make further drawings simply on account of the dramatic setting and majestic grouping of the cathedral and castle which dominate this view. A similar drawing is Tate D04184 (Turner Bequest LXX g); see also the various views in other collections listed in the sketchbook’s Introduction.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Durham, with the Castle and the Cathedral seen from above Framwellgate Bridge 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, May 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-durham-with-the-castle-and-the-cathedral-seen-from-above-r1180266, accessed 21 November 2024.