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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cows on the Banks of the River Wansbeck near Morpeth, with the Castle Gatehouse on a Hill Beyond 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
Cows on the Banks of the River Wansbeck near Morpeth, with the Castle Gatehouse on a Hill Beyond 1801
D02516
Turner Bequest LIII 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘33’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 33’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is the last of a series of views of Morpeth Castle Gatehouse; see under folio 28 verso (D02509).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Cows on the Banks of the River Wansbeck near Morpeth, with the Castle Gatehouse on a Hill Beyond 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cows-on-the-banks-of-the-river-wansbeck-near-morpeth-with-r1178538, accessed 29 March 2024.