Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dudley Castle: The Keep beyond Trees by the North Gate

1830

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Kenilworth Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 120 × 203 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D22105
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 67

Catalogue entry

On the left is the North Gate of Dudley Castle, with the outline of the keep at the southern end of the inner courtyard beyond, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. The gateway is now largely obscured by trees across a pool in Dudley Zoo, which surrounds the castle ruins.
There is a view of the keep in the same direction from inside the courtyard on folio 68 verso opposite (D22104; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 66a). For other views of Dudley see under folio 23 recto (D22016).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

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