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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Work for Earls Egremont and Lonsdale ... > Cockermouth Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Penrith Castle 1809

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

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Penrith Castle 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-r1135664, accessed 16 April 2024.