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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cockermouth Castle: the East and North Curtain Walls 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cockermouth Castle: the East and North Curtain Walls’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Cockermouth Castle: the East and North Curtain Walls 1809
D07533
Turner Bequest CIX 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 230 x 374 mm
Stamped in black ‘CIX 21’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Cockermouth Castle and views from this sketchbook see Introduction. The view here is from the north-east, with the flag tower at right, the east curtain wall and the outer gatehouse at centre and the north curtain wall to right. The River Derwent and bridge are below the castle mound to right, with the Lands beside the river.
Verso:
Blank. Laid down.

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Cockermouth Castle: the East and North Curtain Walls 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2009, 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-cockermouth-castle-the-east-and-north-curtain-walls-r1135647, accessed 19 April 2024.