Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Ruins of a Castle: ?Scarborough

1801

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Chester Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 161 × 256 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05090
Turner Bequest LXXXII 15

Catalogue entry

This rough study, made with the page turned horizontally, probably shows part of the ruins of Scarborough Castle. Sketches at Scarborough run from folio 14 recto (D05089) as far as folio 20 recto (D05095).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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