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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ruins of Dudley Priory with Dudley Castle Above 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ruins of Dudley Priory with Dudley Castle Above’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
The Ruins of Dudley Priory with Dudley Castle Above 1830
D22017
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 23a
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As part of unpublished Turner research informed by local knowledge, Dr Bernard Richards has identified the ruins as Dudley Priory;1 the keep of Dudley Castle stands above to the east-south-east. The Dudley College complex now stands between the two, although the scene is still recognisable. There are variations of the same view on folio 24 recto opposite (D22018), where the present view is also continued a little.
For other views of Dudley see under the recto (D22016). Finberg was incorrect in his suggestion that the subject was Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle, for which see under folio 21 verso (D22012; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 21).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

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Conversation with the author, 14 May 2013.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Ruins of Dudley Priory with Dudley Castle Above 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-ruins-of-dudley-priory-with-dudley-castle-above-r1148658, accessed 12 February 2025.