Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Crichton Castle (Mountainous Landscape with a Rainbow)
Date:
ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:
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)
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:
landscape (representation) | mountains | hills | clouds | castle | rainbow | science | meteorology
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
J. M. W. Turner - NGA (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008-06-23 - 2008-09-21)

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)

Turner and Sir Walter Scott : The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland (National Galleries of Scotland, 1999-12-17 - 2000-03-19)

Turner in Scotland (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, 1982-10-01 - 1983-01-05)

Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)

Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)

Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)
Publications:
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 : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 95, no. 148, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Katrina Thomson, Turner and Sir Walter Scott : the provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1999, p. 81, cat. 16, pl. 9, NJ18 .T85 T375 1999 (YCBA)

Turner in Scotland, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Aberdeen, 1982, pp. 44-45, no. 44, NJ18 T85 I77 (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)

Andrew Wilton, Turner and the sublime, British Museum Publications, London, 1980, p. 173, no. 95, NJ18 T85 W579 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Yale Center for British Art, Great British watercolors : from the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007, pp. 110-112, no. 47, ND1928 .Y35 2007 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5502