after Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dudley, Worcestershire, engraved by R. Wallis

published 1835

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Artist: After Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: None
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Transferred from the British Museum 1988
Reference: T06114

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Dudley, in the Midlands, had been associated with iron production since the middle ages. However, during the eighteenth century the industry expanded massively and a new canal system was introduced. Turner’s composition, recorded in this engraving, contrasts the industrial and commercial activity in the foreground with the town’s old buildings silhouetted on the hill.

The art critic John Ruskin said that the castle and church spire seen in this way represented ‘the passing away of the baron and the monk’ in the face of modern industry.

Gallery label, August 2004

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