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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunstanburgh Castle: The Ruins Seen above a Cliff with the Sea in the Foreground ?1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 85 Recto:
Dunstanburgh Castle: The Ruins Seen above a Cliff with the Sea in the Foreground ?1798
D01604
Turner Bequest XL 83
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘83’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 83’ 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 84 verso opposite (D01603; Turner Bequest XL 82a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dunstanburgh Castle: The Ruins Seen above a Cliff with the Sea in the Foreground ?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-ruins-seen-above-a-cliff-with-the-r1173843, accessed 29 March 2024.