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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Kendal Castle 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kendal Castle’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Verso:
Kendal Castle 1831
D25794
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 17a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In the middle distance before the mountains in the background sits Kendal’s Castle Hill, sketched by Turner either as he approached, or as he left the town by the road depicted in the foreground. A similar view appears on folio 16 verso (D25892).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Kendal Castle 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-kendal-castle-r1134161, accessed 26 April 2024.