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Crook of Lune, looking towards Hornby Castle
Maker
(artist)
1775-1851
1775-1851
Title
Crook of Lune, looking towards Hornby Castle
Date of Production
(circa) 1816 - 1818
Medium
graphite, watercolour, bodycolour with scraping on wove paper, laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 29.1 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1974.STC.4
Mode of Acquisition
Jeanne Courtauld, gift, in memory of Sir Stephen Courtauld, 1974
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Related Works
Label Text
Crook of Lune was the model for an engraving for T.D. Whitaker’s The History of Richmondshire. Turner has observed the dramatic loop in the River Lune from the popular viewing ‘station’ above the main Lancaster road. The serpentine ribbon of water winds its way through the valley to the far horizon, shaping the landscape into complex patterns of light and colour. Turner’s meticulous handling, combined with a broader, more experimental approach, demonstrates his dazzling technical virtuosity. A preparatory colour study for this work is in the Tate collection.
Notes
A print of this work is in the collection - see G.2007.XX.3
Provenance
commissioned by Longman & Co. (London); Cosme Orme (of Longman & Co.) (c. 1780-1859); his sale, Christie's (London), 7 March 1884, lot 41; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Reverend William MacGregor, Tamworth (1848-1937); his sale, Chrstie's (London), 23 April 1937, lot 11; purchased there by the Fine Art Society (London); Sir Stephen Courtauld (1883-1967); by descent to Jeanne Courtauld, 1972; presented by Jeanne Courtauld in memory of Stephen Courtauld, 1974
Exhibition History
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Drawings Gallery Display - Panorama, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/09/2015-10/01/2016
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009 ...More
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
Turner's Britain, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery & Birmingham & England, 01/11/2003-25/01/2004
JMW Turner, R.A. - The Great Watercolours, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 02/12/2000-11/02/2001
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Turner and Dr Whitaker, Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museums, Burnley, 04/07/1982-05/09/1982
Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Turner 1775-1851, Royal Academy, London, 16/11/1974-02/03/1975
Watercolours by J. M. W. Turner from the Collection of Sir Stephen Courtauld, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, May 1974-May 1974
Leamington, 1928
?, Leamington, 1924
Exhibition of water-colour drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1913
Catalogue of the loan collection of pictures and drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., and of a selection of pictures by some of his contemporaries, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 1899
Works by the old masters : and by deceased masters of the British school, including ... works by J. Wright (Of Derby), A.R.A. and ... water-colour drawings by J. M. W. Turner, R.A., Royal Academy, London, 1886 ...Less
Drawings Gallery Display - Panorama, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/09/2015-10/01/2016
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009 ...More
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
Turner's Britain, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery & Birmingham & England, 01/11/2003-25/01/2004
JMW Turner, R.A. - The Great Watercolours, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 02/12/2000-11/02/2001
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Turner and Dr Whitaker, Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museums, Burnley, 04/07/1982-05/09/1982
Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Turner 1775-1851, Royal Academy, London, 16/11/1974-02/03/1975
Watercolours by J. M. W. Turner from the Collection of Sir Stephen Courtauld, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, May 1974-May 1974
Leamington, 1928
?, Leamington, 1924
Exhibition of water-colour drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1913
Catalogue of the loan collection of pictures and drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., and of a selection of pictures by some of his contemporaries, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 1899
Works by the old masters : and by deceased masters of the British school, including ... works by J. Wright (Of Derby), A.R.A. and ... water-colour drawings by J. M. W. Turner, R.A., Royal Academy, London, 1886 ...Less
Literature
Serres, Karen (ed.), The Courtauld Collection: A Vision for Impressionism, Paul Holberton Publishing 2019
ill. on p.340
Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 22
ill. on p. 115
Venning, Barry, Turner, London, 2003
pp. 138-39
fig.80 on p. 138 ...More
Turner's Britain, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, 2003-04
p. 116
pl.92 on p. 117
Material Evidence, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1998-1999
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 15
ill. on p. 103
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
Hanley, Keith, 'The discourse of natural beauty' in 'Ruskin and the Environment: the storm-cloud of the nineteenth century', Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1995
ill. on p. 12
Countryside Commission, The Forest of Bowland Landscape, Northampton, 1992
p. 18
ill. on p. 19
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 71
pp. 150, 194-95
ill. on p. 151
Herrmann, Luke, Turner's prints: the engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, Oxford, 1990
p. 104
Shanes, Eric, Turner's England, 1810-1838, London, 1990
no. 67
ill. on p. 92
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 196
ill. on p. 197
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
no. 112
ill. on p. 247
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 112
ill. on p. 247
Hill, David, In Turner's Footsteps Through the Hills and Dales of Northern England, London, 1984
pp. 88-89, 107, no. 16
pl. 16
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 124, p. 103
np. (colour plate VII) and p. 118 (b&w)
Turner and Dr Whitaker, Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museums, Burnley, 1982
no. 60
ill.
Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 6 (Turner)
Turner in Yorkshire, York City Art Gallery, 1980
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 575
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 27
Kitson, Michael, Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner: Turner watercolours from the collection of Stephen Courtauld, London, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1974
no. 6
Serota, Nicholas, J.M.W. Turner's Alpine Tours, MA thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art 1970
p. 83, no. 11
Herrmann, Luke, Ruskin and Turner, London, 1968
p. 41
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, 'Turner Watercolours at Farnley Hall' in 'The Studio', 1915
p. 22, no. 12
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, A complete inventory of the Turner Bequest, London, 1909
pl. XIII
Rawlinson, W.G. and Alexander Joseph Finberg, The Watercolours of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1909
pl. XIII
Rawlinson, W.G., The engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., London, 1908; I
no. 183, p. 103
The Works of John Ruskin, London and New York, 1903-12 - 39 vols
vol. XXXIII, p. lvi and vol. XXXVII, pp. 476, 478
Ruskin, John, Letter to Pall Mall Gazette, 24 April 1885
p. 80
repr. in Ruskin-Cook-Wedderburn, Works, pp. 476, 478 ...Less
ill. on p.340
Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 22
ill. on p. 115
Venning, Barry, Turner, London, 2003
pp. 138-39
fig.80 on p. 138 ...More
Turner's Britain, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, 2003-04
p. 116
pl.92 on p. 117
Material Evidence, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1998-1999
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 15
ill. on p. 103
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
Hanley, Keith, 'The discourse of natural beauty' in 'Ruskin and the Environment: the storm-cloud of the nineteenth century', Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1995
ill. on p. 12
Countryside Commission, The Forest of Bowland Landscape, Northampton, 1992
p. 18
ill. on p. 19
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 71
pp. 150, 194-95
ill. on p. 151
Herrmann, Luke, Turner's prints: the engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, Oxford, 1990
p. 104
Shanes, Eric, Turner's England, 1810-1838, London, 1990
no. 67
ill. on p. 92
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 196
ill. on p. 197
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
no. 112
ill. on p. 247
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 112
ill. on p. 247
Hill, David, In Turner's Footsteps Through the Hills and Dales of Northern England, London, 1984
pp. 88-89, 107, no. 16
pl. 16
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 124, p. 103
np. (colour plate VII) and p. 118 (b&w)
Turner and Dr Whitaker, Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museums, Burnley, 1982
no. 60
ill.
Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 6 (Turner)
Turner in Yorkshire, York City Art Gallery, 1980
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 575
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 27
Kitson, Michael, Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner: Turner watercolours from the collection of Stephen Courtauld, London, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1974
no. 6
Serota, Nicholas, J.M.W. Turner's Alpine Tours, MA thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art 1970
p. 83, no. 11
Herrmann, Luke, Ruskin and Turner, London, 1968
p. 41
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, 'Turner Watercolours at Farnley Hall' in 'The Studio', 1915
p. 22, no. 12
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, A complete inventory of the Turner Bequest, London, 1909
pl. XIII
Rawlinson, W.G. and Alexander Joseph Finberg, The Watercolours of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1909
pl. XIII
Rawlinson, W.G., The engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., London, 1908; I
no. 183, p. 103
The Works of John Ruskin, London and New York, 1903-12 - 39 vols
vol. XXXIII, p. lvi and vol. XXXVII, pp. 476, 478
Ruskin, John, Letter to Pall Mall Gazette, 24 April 1885
p. 80
repr. in Ruskin-Cook-Wedderburn, Works, pp. 476, 478 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: repeated at Recto, lower left and lower right: J WHATMAN / 181[4?].
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: repeated at Recto, lower left and lower right: J WHATMAN / 181[4?].
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