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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunstanburgh Castle from the South 1797-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunstanburgh Castle from the South’ 1797-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Dunstanburgh Castle from the South 1797–8
D01113
Turner Bequest XXXVI S
Pencil, brush and black ink and gouache on buff laid paper, 263 x 335 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVI – S’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a study for the oil painting Dunstanborough Castle, N.E. Coast of Northumberland. Sun-Rise after a Squally Night, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1798 (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).1 Another study made in connection with this work is Tate D00890 (Turner Bequest XXXIII S); see also Tate D01112 and D01114 (Turner Bequest XXXVI R, T).
1
Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.4–5 no.6, pl.4 (colour).
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dunstanburgh Castle from the South 1797–8 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-dunstanburgh-castle-from-the-south-r1150267, accessed 25 April 2024.