Graphite and watercolour on paper
Bamborough Castle c.1837
Bamborough Castle c.1837
Northumberland
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>
Bamburgh Castle Northumberland
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle
castle
coast
emotions, concepts and ideas
England
England, North East
England, Northern
formal qualities
military
Northumberland
places
sea
seascapes and coasts
silhouette
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>Turner made three pencil sketches of Bamborough Castle in 1797, attracted particularly by the dramatic impact its outline makes on the horizon. He was alert to the dangers of this part of the Northumberland coast and noted the hull of a wrecked vessel below the castle in his sketch from the north. It was that sketch he chose to develop forty years later for one of his most ambitious late watercolours. First shown at the Graphic Society in 1837, the scene of wreckers at work below the castle was the last watercolour Turner submitted to a public exhibition (it is now in a private collection in America). This study is one of four in which he set out the composition of the finished work.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
1 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
1 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-01
The Annual Tourist 1830-40
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
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
support: 459 × 769 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 made three <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> sketches of Bamborough Castle in 1797, attracted particularly by the dramatic impact its outline makes on the horizon. He was alert to the dangers of this part of the Northumberland coast and noted the hull of a wrecked vessel below the castle in his sketch from the north. It was that sketch he chose to develop forty years later for one of his most ambitious late <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>watercolours</span></a>. First shown at the Graphic Society in 1837, the scene of wreckers at work below the castle was the last watercolour Turner submitted to a public exhibition (it is now in a private collection in America). This study is one of four in which he set out the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> of the finished work.</p>
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Catalogue entry
2012-12-09T00:00:00
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architecture Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle castle coast emotions, concepts and ideas England England, North East England, Northern formal qualities military Northumberland places sea seascapes and coasts silhouette UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions
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