- Title:
- Crichton Castle (Mountainous Landscape with a Rainbow)
- Date:
- ca. 1818
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 24.8 cm) and Mount: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20 x 26.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, on mount, lower right: "Line Mr | 11/4 Bevel Flat"; in graphite, verso, on mount, lower right: "<. . . > 20"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6299
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- castle | clouds | hills | landscape | meteorology | mountains | rainbow | science
- Associated Places:
- Crichton | Crichton Castle | Midlothian | Scotland | Tyne | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: As a COVID-19 precaution, the Study Room is closed until further notice. - Exhibition History:
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Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)
Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)
Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)
Turner in Scotland (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, 1982-10-01 - 1983-01-05)
J. M. W. Turner - NGA (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008-06-23 - 2008-09-21)
J. M. W. Turner - NGA (Dallas Museum of Art, 2008-02-10 - 2008-05-18)
J. M. W. Turner - NGA (National Gallery of Art, 2007-10-01 - 2008-01-06)
- Publications:
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Boris Ford, The Cambridge cultural history of Britain, Cambridge University Press, London; New York, 1992, v. 6, p. 44, botom image, NX543 C36 1992 (YCBA)
Painting in England 1700-1850, collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon. , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 95, no. 148, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Ian Warrell, J.M.W. Turner, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 103, no. 61, NJ18 T85 A12 2007 + (YCBA)
Ian Warrell, Turner's sketchbooks, Tate Publishing, London, 2014, pp. 98, 99, NJ18.T85 W378 2014 (YCBA)
Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 435, No. 1143, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5502
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Crichton Castle (Mountainous Landscape with a Rainbow), ca. 1818
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