Joseph Mallord William Turner

This is the right half of a double-page spread continued from folio 41 (D10943), opposite, and the panorama is continued further right on folio 42 (D10945). It is taken from near the Rustic Temple looking east to Magdalen Woods on the far bank, with the River Ure sweeping round at our feet from left to right. The Large Farnley sketchbook (Tate D09054; Turner Bequest CXXVIII 38) has a detailed drawing of the landscape recorded in the right half of this spread and its continuation on folio 42 (D10945), as seen from a similar angle but from the higher vantage point of the Banqueting House, which appears to be the culmination of Turner’s explorations at Hackfall in 1816.

For Hackfall in this sketchbook see folio 40 verso (D10943).

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