Joseph Mallord William Turner

Morpeth: the River Wansbeck, with the Castle Gatehouse on a Bank above it, seen from the West (?)

1801

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Helmsley Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 112 x 162 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D02512
Turner Bequest LIII 30

Catalogue entry

Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is one of a series of views of Morpeth Castle Gatehouse; see under folio 28 verso (D02509).

Verso:

Blank; slight pencil marks, perhaps connected with the drawing on folio 31 recto opposite (D02513).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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