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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > North of England Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bamburgh Castle from the South 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bamburgh Castle from the South’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Recto:
Bamburgh Castle from the South 1797
D00956
Turner Bequest XXXIV 48
Pencil on white wove paper, 210 x 270 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘48’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 48’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is drawn with the page turned horizontally. Other views of Bamburgh in this book are on folios 50 recto and 52 recto (D00955, D00957; Turner Bequest XXXIV 47, 49).
Verso:
Blank: some splashes of blue ink; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bamburgh Castle from the South 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bamburgh-castle-from-the-south-r1150112, accessed 19 April 2024.