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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dudley Castle: The Keep beyond Trees by the North Gate 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dudley Castle: The Keep beyond Trees by the North Gate’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Recto:
Dudley Castle: The Keep beyond Trees by the North Gate 1830
D22105
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 67
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Wall]’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘67’ bottom left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVIII – 67’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
On the left is the North Gate of Dudley Castle, with the outline of the keep at the southern end of the inner courtyard beyond, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. The gateway is now largely obscured by trees across a pool in Dudley Zoo, which surrounds the castle ruins.
There is a view of the keep in the same direction from inside the courtyard on folio 68 verso opposite (D22104; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 66a). For other views of Dudley see under folio 23 recto (D22016).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Dudley Castle: The Keep beyond Trees by the North Gate 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dudley-castle-the-keep-beyond-trees-by-the-north-gate-r1148746, accessed 20 September 2024.