J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Milford Castle on the Wansbeck 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Milford Castle on the Wansbeck’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Verso:
Milford Castle on the Wansbeck 1801
D02526
Turner Bequest LIII 38a
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription on folio 39 recto opposite (D02527), identifies this subject as Milford Castle, overlooking the River Wansbeck about two miles to the west of Morpeth (see under folio 28 verso; D02509). The scene was drawn with the page turned horizontally.
For other watercolour studies in this sketchbook, see under folio 5 recto (D02468).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Milford Castle on the Wansbeck 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-milford-castle-on-the-wansbeck-r1178548, accessed 21 May 2025.