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 Prudhoe Castle from the South 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Prudhoe Castle from the South’ 1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Verso:
Prudhoe Castle from the South 1817
D12440
Turner Bequest CLVII 89a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Pond’] towards bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This seems to be a view of Prudhoe Castle from the woods to the south, across what is probably the millpond to which Turner’s inscription appears to refer. The castle is shown primarily as a cursory outline, rising to the left to indicate the turret of the ruined keep; there are detailed views from this side on folios 90 verso and 93 verso (D12442, D12448).
There are views of the castle from across the River Tyne on folios 77 verso–78 recto, 78 verso–79 recto, 79 verso–80 recto and 80 verso–81 recto (D12416–D12423), and others from close up on folios 91 verso and 92 verso (D12444, D12446). For the history of the building and Turner’s later watercolour, see the entry for D12417.

Matthew Imms
February 2010

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Prudhoe Castle from the South 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-prudhoe-castle-from-the-south-r1139441, accessed 24 April 2024.