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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunstanburgh Castle: The Eastern Tower, with Figures under the Cliff ?1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunstanburgh Castle: The Eastern Tower, with Figures under the Cliff’ ?1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Recto:
Dunstanburgh Castle: The Eastern Tower, with Figures under the Cliff ?1798
D01600
Turner Bequest XL 81
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘81’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 81’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this drawing continues on folio 82 verso opposite (D01599; Turner Bequest XL 80a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dunstanburgh Castle: The Eastern Tower, with Figures under the Cliff ?1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dunstanburgh-castle-the-eastern-tower-with-figures-under-the-r1173839, accessed 26 April 2024.