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c1794 grey and blue wash over graphite, on paper
JMW Turner reportedly stayed with his uncle, Henry Harpur, who was the Parish Church vicar at the end of the 18th century. During his visit to Tonbridge he drew a scene of the Castle. The drawing is now held in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University
What a lovely picture, I haven't seen it before.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness we have a castle that inspired so many artists to record it through its long life; and consequently recorded the heart of the town through its many changes, that would otherwise have been lost for the eyes of the future townsfolk.