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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunstanburgh Castle from the South 1797-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunstanburgh Castle from the South’ 1797-8
Dunstanburgh Castle from the South 1797–8
D01113
Turner Bequest XXXVI S
Pencil, brush and black ink and gouache on buff laid paper, 263 x 335 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVI – S’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a study for the oil painting Dunstanborough Castle, N.E. Coast of Northumberland. Sun-Rise after a Squally Night, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1798 (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).1 Another study made in connection with this work is Tate D00890 (Turner Bequest XXXIII S); see also Tate D01112 and D01114 (Turner Bequest XXXVI R, T).
1
Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.4–5 no.6, pl.4 (colour).
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dunstanburgh Castle from the South 1797–8’, 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/dunstanburgh-castle-from-the-south-r1150267, accessed 31 July 2026.