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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > North of England Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harewood Castle: Distant View from the North-West; Buildings by a River in the Foreground 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harewood Castle: Distant View from the North-West; Buildings by a River in the Foreground’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 73 Recto:
Harewood Castle: Distant View from the North-West; Buildings by a River in the Foreground 1797
D00978
Turner Bequest XXXIV 69
Pencil on white wove paper, 210 x 270 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘69’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 69’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is drawn with the page turned horizontally. This is one of seven studies of Harewood Castle in this book; see under folio 71 recto (D00976; Turner Bequest XXXIV 67).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Harewood Castle: Distant View from the North-West; Buildings by a River in the Foreground 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-harewood-castle-distant-view-from-the-north-west-buildings-r1150134, accessed 23 April 2024.