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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > County Durham and Northumberland 1817 > Durham, North Shore, Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bywell Castle and the River Tyne 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bywell Castle and the River Tyne’ 1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 87 Verso:
Bywell Castle and the River Tyne 1817
D12436
Turner Bequest CLVII 87a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The river front and the west end of the castle are seen to the north from the north bank of the Tyne near Bywell’s two churches. The reach flowing north is seen on the right; today the bank is wooded, obscuring this view. There is a slight continuation of the trees on the left on folio 88 recto opposite (D12437), and a similar sketch from a little to the east on folio 88 verso (D12438).
This is one of a sequence of studies of Bywell between folio 81 verso (D12424) and folio 88 verso; for the history of the castle and bridge, see the entry for folio 81 verso.

Matthew Imms
February 2010

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Bywell Castle and the River Tyne 1817 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2010, 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-bywell-castle-and-the-river-tyne-r1139437, accessed 19 April 2024.