Joseph Mallord William Turner

Crichton Church and Castle

1818

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 112 × 186 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D13732
Turner Bequest CLXVII 80

Catalogue entry

Continuing on folio 87 verso (D13731; CLXVII 79a) is a view looking south along the Tyne valley with Crichton Collegiate Church (folio 87 verso) and Crichton Castle. Turner has paid more attention to the church than the castle, having made a detailed sketch of the castle from this angle on folio 86 (D13728; CLXVII 78). There are ruins of several buildings on either side of the vale and an arched bridge across the river.

Thomas Ardill
April 2008

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