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| Keywords: Joseph Mallord William Turner - Raby Castle, the Seat of the Earl of Darlington - Walters 3741.jpg Before he painted Romantic subjects drawn from classical biblical literary and contemporary sources Turner specialized in topographical views This work commissioned by the third earl of Darlington is one of Turner's most successful house portraits It is also one of the first works in which he fully exploits the dramatic potential of the sky The earl an avid sportsman who reportedly hunted six days a week may have influenced Turner's rendering of the scene When the painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818 it included a mounted huntsman in the foreground Turner subsequently painted over this figure after his work had been denounced as a detestable fox-hunting scene Raby Castle a ca 1380 structure is located in County Durham England 1817 Oil on canvas cm 119 180 6 ; Framed cm 156 85 217 17 17 78 accession number 37 41 2067 3rd Earl of Darlington 1817-1818 by commission Widow of the Duke of Cleveland date and mode of acquisition unknown Mssrs Wallis French Gallery London 1899 by purchase from the widow of the Duke of Cleveland W Scott and Sons Montreal 1899 exhibited there November 1899 Henry Walters Baltimore ca 1899 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters ca 1899 Exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition 1818 J M W Turner National Gallery of Art Washington; Dallas Museum of Art Dallas; The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2007-2008 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 Exhibition title unknown held at the Royal Academy Royal Academy of Arts London 1818 Exhibition title unknown held at The French Gallery London The French Gallery London 1899 Exhibition title unknown held at W Scott and Sons Montreal W Scott and Sons Montreal 1899 place of origin The Hague Netherlands Otherversion File Joseph Mallord William Turner 071 jpg Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner in the United States Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Raby Castle in art | ||||
