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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Verso:
Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River 1801
D02491
Turner Bequest LIII 19a
Pencil on white wove paper, 162 x 112 mm
Partial watermark ‘1 | J Wh’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 20 recto opposite (D02492). The viewpoint here is further upstream than that of folios 17 verso–18 recto and 18 verso–19 recto (D02487–D02490). For other views of Durham in this sketchbook, see under folio 15 verso (D02483).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Durham: The Castle Seen from the Opposite Bank of the River 1801 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-durham-the-castle-seen-from-the-opposite-bank-of-the-river-r1178513, accessed 19 April 2024.