Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
Whitaker’s ‘Richmondshire’ c.1816-20
Whitaker’s ‘Richmondshire’ c.1816-20
Cumbria
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Kirkby Lonsdale
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
building - non-specific
Cumbria
England
England, Northern
hill
Kirkby Lonsdale
landscape
places
river
River Lune - non-specific
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
valley
water: inland
wooded
<p>Turner visited Yorkshire in 1816. This  was partly in response to a commission from an antiquarian and clergyman named Dr T D Whittaker. He asked  Turner to make a series of designs  to illustrate his topographical volume  The History of Richmondshire.</p><p>Dr Whittaker chose several views for Turner to include. This one shows the valley of the River Lune from Kirkby Lonsdale churchyard. The study does  not hint at the foreground detail introduced into the finished watercolour: a group of boys playing in the graveyard.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Nature and the Ideal; England c.1805-15
Collection based display
21 March 2018 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
21 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
2018-08-26
2018-03-21
Chiostro del Bramante (Rome, Italy)
http://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/
24 September 2018 – 17 February 2019
2019-02-17
2018-09-24
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
26 March 2019 – 28 July 2019
2019-07-28
2019-03-26
Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
1 October 2019 – 28 February 2020
2020-02-28
2019-10-01
Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, USA)
16 March 2020 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
2020-03-16
Musée Jacquemart-André (Paris, France)
2018-03-21
Turner Watercolours
Tate partnerships & programmes
Kirkby Lonsdale
support: 387 × 485 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>
Turner visited Yorkshire in 1816. This <br/>
was partly in response to a commission from an antiquarian and clergyman named Dr T D Whittaker. He asked <br/>
Turner to make a series of designs <br/>
to illustrate his topographical volume <br/>
The History of Richmondshire. </p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
Dr Whittaker chose several views for Turner to include. This one shows the valley of the River Lune from Kirkby Lonsdale churchyard. The study does <br/>
not hint at the foreground detail introduced into the finished <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>: a group of boys playing in the graveyard.</p>
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architecture building - non-specific Cumbria England England, Northern hill Kirkby Lonsdale landscape places river River Lune - non-specific townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features valley water: inland wooded
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