Joseph Mallord William Turner

Penrith Castle

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 94 × 74 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D25625
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 53

Catalogue entry

This small outline sketch, made with the sketchbook turned to the left, shows the ruins of Penrith Castle standing on a square mound of earth as seen from the north-east. There are further sketches of the castle on folios 34 verso, 41 verso, 48 verso and 49 of this sketchbook (D25590, D25603, D25617, D25618).
Verso:
Blank

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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