Dunstanborough Castle

published 1808

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner

Associated Names
Charles Turner

Artist, British, 1773 - 1857

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artist, British, 1775 - 1851

This drawing is black and white, with a yellowed tinted hue. The horizon takes up about half of the drawing with a single color with slightly shaded streaks mixed in towards the top. Closer to us, there is a lagoon of water, broken by ripples and harsher waves. Protruding, jagged rocks slope upwards on the beachside. Following the path of the rocks in the bottom right corner, a protruding line of barrier rocks progresses into the distance. This points to a loosely defined house in the middle left of the painting, slightly covered by a rolling hill and some tall bushes. On the bold ridge of rocks, nine sheep graze and congregate, with two shapes that could be more sheep or rocks. Beyond, a large castle fades in the distance, looming over the house and ridge of rocks. The castle rests on a rolling hill with a dozen sheep sparsely populating the hill. The castle appears broken down with deteriorating walls, sharp ledges, and cracks flowing down the wall. Within the small, broken walls, there is a tower, made of a similar substance to the castle. A flag flies on top of the tower while overlooking a ledge on the left side of the painting. On the right side of the painting, the castle walls trail off towards the other side of the rocky coast.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint and mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.6 × 29 cm (8 1/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8142

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Finberg 1924, no. 14, State iii/iii

  • Series Title

    Liber Studiorum: no.14 [Finberg 1-71; 1943.3.8129-8199]


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1924

  • Finberg, Alexander. The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum with a new Catalogue Raisonne. London: Ernest Benn, 1924.

Wikidata ID

Q65022404

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