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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Durham Cathedral and Castle with a Rainbow 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 98 Recto:
Durham Cathedral and Castle with a Rainbow 1801
D02609
Turner Bequest LIII 98
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘98’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. See the entry for the similar colour study of Durham on folio 97 recto (D02608), and for other watercolour studies in this sketchbook, see under folio 5 recto (D02468).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Durham Cathedral and Castle with a Rainbow 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-durham-cathedral-and-castle-with-a-rainbow-r1178631, accessed 28 March 2024.