Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lydford Castle

1814

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Prints and Drawings Room

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 90 × 152 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D09525
Turner Bequest CXXXII 42

Catalogue entry

The four-square keep of Lydford Castle is seen from the north-west, from the depression on that side of the village which runs into Lydford Gorge to the south-east, out of sight to the right here. There is a similar view including the adjacent church on folio 41 recto (D09524). This is the last of a sequence of views around Lydford, for which see under folio 28 recto (D09510).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

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