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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Morpeth: The Castle Gatehouse Seen on a Hill beyond Trees 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Morpeth: The Castle Gatehouse Seen on a Hill beyond Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Morpeth: The Castle Gatehouse Seen on a Hill beyond Trees 1801
D02513
Turner Bequest LIII 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 162 x 112 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 31’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a series of views of Morpeth Castle Gatehouse; see under folio 28 verso (D02509).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Morpeth: The Castle Gatehouse Seen on a Hill beyond Trees 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-morpeth-the-castle-gatehouse-seen-on-a-hill-beyond-trees-r1178535, accessed 23 April 2024.