Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dunster Castle

1811

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 75 × 117 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D08768
Turner Bequest CXXIII 225

Catalogue entry

The Somerset castle is seen from the east, with the Conygar Tower on the right in the distance. There is a more detailed view from nearby in the contemporary Somerset and North Devon sketchbook (Tate D08953; Turner Bequest CXXVI 7). For other views of Dunster, see under folio 19 verso (D08398).
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Matthew Imms
June 2011

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