'Looking Up at the Ruins of Beeston Castle from Below', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Looking Up at the Ruins of Beeston Castle from Below

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

D05141

Turner Bequest LXXXII 62

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Subject

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military (6,180)

castle (5,507)

ruins (3,193)

military (1,591)

nature (37,449)

landscape (24,056)

hill (10,038)

rocky (2,751)

wooded (8,572)

places (23,428)

UK cities, towns and villages (6,777)

Beeston, Beeston Castle (11)

UK counties (9,311)

Cheshire (50)

UK countries and regions (10,976)

England (8,180)

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