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Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
Barnard Castle, Durham
Additional Title(s):
Study for ''Picturesque Views in England and Wales'
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches (29.5 x 41.3 cm), Mount: 12 x 16 1/2 inches (30.5 x 41.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, verso, on mount, upper left: "FA 0019"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.152
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | bridge (built work) | castle | landscape | light | river | ruins | trees
Associated Places:
Barnard Castle | Durham | England | Europe | Tees | Teesdale | United Kingdom
Access:
On view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5477
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These works typify the many topographical views that Turner created specifically for reproduction as prints. The watercolor (left) is one of a hundred such works that Turner produced for the long-running print series Picturesque Views in England and Wales (published 1825–38). Its subject is the twelfth-century ruin of Barnard Castle in northeastern England. Turner deliberately enhanced the romantic appeal of the scene by exaggerating the castle’s height above the river, including tiny figures to increase its apparent scale, and bathing the scene in diffuse, golden light. The print (right) shows how carefully the engraver translated Turner’s vivid colors into line and tone, including such subtle details as the light filtering through the castle windows and the minutely graduated shading of the sky above.

Gallery label for J. M. W. Turner: Romance and Reality (Yale Center for British Art, March - 29, 2025 - July 27, 2025)

J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Turner : Tours of Durham and Richmondshire (The Bowes Museum, 2006-01-05 - 2006-05-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Julius Bryant, Turner: painting the nation : English Heritage properties as seen by JMW Turner, , English Heritage, London, 1996, p. 84-85, no. 29, NJ18 T85 B78 1996 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 47, 156, no. III.28, pl. 39, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 21, no. 60, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 392, no. 793, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]


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