Joseph Mallord William Turner

Cockermouth Castle: the North Curtain Walls from across the River Derwent

1809

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Petworth Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 229 × 375 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D07525
Turner Bequest CIX 13

Catalogue entry

For Cockermouth Castle and views from this sketchbook see Introduction. The view here is from the north, with the outer gatehouse at left, the kitchen tower at centre and the round (archers’) tower at right. Similar views, seen from progressively further afield, are D07536; Turner Bequest CIX 24 and D07526; Turner Bequest CIX 14. Another, from still further way but from a slightly further to the east, is D07530; Turner Bequest CIX 18.

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Blank. Laid down.

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

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