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

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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 Seen across Fields, from the North-East 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harewood Castle Seen across Fields, from the North-East’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 76 Recto:
Harewood Castle Seen across Fields, from the North-East 1797
D00981
Turner Bequest XXXIV 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 210 x 270 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘72’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 72’ 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). A finished watercolour1 made for a member of the Lascelles family and still at Harewood is based on this drawing.
1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.324 no.221, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Harewood Castle Seen across Fields, from the North-East 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-seen-across-fields-from-the-north-east-r1150137, accessed 16 April 2024.