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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > County Durham and Northumberland 1817 > Raby Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Streatlam Castle 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Streatlam Castle’ 1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Streatlam Castle 1817
D12316
Turner Bequest CLVI 32
Pencil on white wove paper, 232 x 328 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Braken]’ bottom centre and ‘[...]’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘Willow. J.R.’ bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘32’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLVI 32’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner looks west from beside Forthburn Beck below the south side of the house (since demolished), towards the bridge, which still stands. The drawing continues across half of folio 4 verso opposite (D12315; CLVI 31a), showing the south bank of the stream. There are further double-page drawings of Streatlam on folios 3 verso–4 recto and 5 verso–6 recto (D12313, D12314, D12317, D12264; CLVI 30a–31, 32a–3). For more on its history see the entry for D12314 and the introduction to the tour.
Technical notes:
The pencil number ‘32’ may obscure or reinforce John Ruskin’s customary red ink foliation, which is evident only faintly and intermittently in this much-rearranged book (see the introduction to the sketchbook).

Matthew Imms
February 2010

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Streatlam Castle 1817 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-streatlam-castle-r1139460, accessed 21 November 2024.