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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Raby Castle and Park from the North 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Raby Castle and Park from the North’ 1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Raby Castle and Park from the North 1817
D12296
Turner Bequest CLVI 21a
Pencil on white wove paper, 232 x 328 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Path’ towards bottom left, ‘Red’ (repeated) and ‘yellow’ in trees near centre, ‘water’ centre right to left of castle, ‘1’ bottom centre and ‘2’ twice towards bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘21, a’ top left upside down
Stamped in black ‘CLVI 21 A’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view to the south continues the view of Raby Castle and its setting from folio 17 verso opposite (D12297; CLVI 22), where most of the castle itself appears; only Bulmer’s Tower, at its south-eastern corner, is shown on the present page. In the trees towards the left the road leads south towards the tower of St Mary’s Church, Staindrop, which is also shown in the painting he developed from this double-page drawing (see under D12297). The panorama also continues to the left with further trees on folio 19 recto (D12278; CLVI 11a).
As now bound and foliated, sketches of the castle and its surroundings fill most of the second half of the sketchbook, from folio 17 recto (D12298; CLVI 22a) to folio 32 recto (D12309; CLVI 28).

Matthew Imms
February 2010

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Raby Castle and Park from the North 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-raby-castle-and-park-from-the-north-r1139484, accessed 19 September 2024.