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 East 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Prudhoe Castle from the East’ 1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Verso:
Prudhoe Castle from the East 1817
D12444
Turner Bequest CLVII 91a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?yellow]’ centre right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The juxtaposition of elements in this rough outline appears to indicate a view of Prudhoe Castle from beside the mill stream flowing to its east. There is a similarly rough outline on folio 92 verso (D12446) which seems to have been made nearby.
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 89 verso, 90 verso and 93 verso (D12440, D12442, D12448). 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 East 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-east-r1139445, accessed 26 April 2024.