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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > County Durham and Northumberland 1817 > Durham, North Shore, Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bywell Castle and the Ruined Tyne Bridge 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bywell Castle and the Ruined Tyne Bridge’ 1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Verso:
Bywell Castle and the Ruined Tyne Bridge 1817
D12430
Turner Bequest CLVII 84a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view to the south-west shows the castle on the right, the two bridge piers in the Tyne on the left, and the tower of St Andrew’s church in the distance. An 1830s engraving after Thomas Allom shows the same view, with a weir and a watermill, which may be the gabled building Turner indicates just to the left of the castle.
This is one of a sequence of studies of Bywell between folio 81 verso (D12424) and folio 88 verso (D12438); for the history of the castle and bridge, see the entry for folio 81 verso.

Matthew Imms
February 2010

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Bywell Castle and the Ruined Tyne Bridge 1817 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2010, 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-bywell-castle-and-the-ruined-tyne-bridge-r1139431, accessed 25 April 2024.