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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Askham Hall and Bridge, near Lowther Castle Park 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Askham Hall and Bridge, near Lowther Castle Park’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
Askham Hall and Bridge, near Lowther Castle Park 1809
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Turner Bequest CXIII 35a
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Askcam’ lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. Askham Hall is a fourteenth-century pele tower later converted into a residence. Turner’s view is from above the road leading down to Askham Bridge, which crosses the River Lowther; thence the road continues into the castle’s park. The Hall, with its corner turrets and crenellated roof, is seen above the garden wall at right.

David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Askham Hall and Bridge, near Lowther Castle Park 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-askham-hall-and-bridge-near-lowther-castle-park-r1135862, accessed 25 April 2024.