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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Penrith Castle from across Cornfields 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Penrith Castle from across Cornfields’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Penrith Castle from across Cornfields 1809
D07548
Turner Bequest CX 10
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Corn’ in field at centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CX 10’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Penrith Castle see folio 8 of the sketchbook (D07546). This view might extend the pastoral landscape drawn on folio 9 (D07547). A closer view from a similar angle is folio 11 (D07549).
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David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Penrith Castle from across Cornfields 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-penrith-castle-from-across-cornfields-r1135663, accessed 26 April 2024.