'Egremont Castle and the River Ehen', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Egremont Castle and the River Ehen

From Petworth Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CIX

Date 1809

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 239 x 372 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07531

Turner Bequest CIX 19

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Egremont Castle and the River Ehen 1809

D07531
Turner Bequest CIX 19

Pencil on white wove paper, 239 x 372 mm
Stamped in black ‘CIX 19’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

For Egremont Castle and views from this sketchbook, mistaken for Cockermouth Castle by Finberg, see Introduction. The view here is northwards, with the River Ehen and bridge on the right and the castle on the left, with its gatehouse the most prominent feature. A similar view from the same sketchbook, from the track or road seen beside the river here, is D07532; Turner Bequest CIX 20. Both show the outer side of the gatehouse with a pointed top; today it is lower and flat. A close-up sketch in the Cockermouth sketchbook (Tate D07578; Turner Bequest CX 36) shows the inner wall as lower and flat at the top.

Verso:

Blank. Laid down.

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.