'Distant View of ?Beeston Castle, with Cattle Watering in the Foreground', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Distant View of ?Beeston Castle, with Cattle Watering in the Foreground

From Chester Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXXII

Date 1801

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 255 x 164 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D05148

Turner Bequest LXXXII 69

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places (23,428)

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Northern England

Cheshire

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Chester Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest