Joseph Mallord William Turner

Barnard Castle: The Castle and Bridge looking Upstream

1797

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: North of England Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 210 × 270 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D00936
Turner Bequest XXXIV 30

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The subject is drawn with the page turned horizontally. Another view of the castle and bridge, taken from upstream, is on folio 30 recto (D00935; Turner Bequest XXXIV 29). See the comments there on Turner’s work in this small town with its late eleventh-century castle at a strategic crossing-point of the River Tees.

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Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Barnard Castle: The Castle and Bridge looking Upstream

1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Durham: The City from the North-East, with the Castle Seen beyond Elvet Bridge

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