J M W
TURNER
Great Britain
1775
–
1851
66.4 (h) x 84.0 (w) cm Tate Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 Photo: © Tate 2013
This is one of two large studies executed in preparation for another of Turner’s entries to the Royal Academy in 1798. He has laid out the composition and experiments with a range of light effects. The back of the sheet is prepared with washes; it seems Turner was exploring the suffused back-lighting that was popular in nineteenth-century stage design. Norham Castle, near the Scottish border, was a key subject for Turner. He visited the castle several times and it reappears in the , where he attempted a manual of landscape design for artists.
This is one of two large studies executed in preparation for another of Turner’s entries to the Royal Academy in 1798. He has laid out the composition and experiments with a range of light effects. The back of the sheet is prepared with washes; it seems Turner was exploring the suffused back-lighting that was popular in nineteenth-century stage design. Norham Castle, near the Scottish border, was a key subject for Turner. He visited the castle several times and it reappears in the , where he attempted a manual of landscape design for artists.
This is one of two large studies executed in preparation for another of Turner’s entries to the Royal Academy in 1798. He has laid out the composition and experiments with a range of light effects. The back of the sheet is prepared with washes; it seems Turner was exploring the suffused back-lighting that was popular in nineteenth-century stage design. Norham Castle, near the Scottish border, was a key subject for Turner. He visited the castle several times and it reappears in the , where he attempted a manual of landscape design for artists.
