Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802)

Tate Collection

circa 1797-1799

A mass of rock, with grass in the foreground, rises upwards against a stormy sky with dark clouds. Stone steps mount to a gateway in the ruins of an old castle against which leans a man. Two cows graze in the centre, and, far below, we glimpse the sea. One of twenty seven gifts to seven museums by A E Anderson through the Art Fund between 1922 and 1938. Also known as The Rocking Stone.

• Medium: watercolour, gouache & pencil on paper
• Dimensions: 55 x 45 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1928
• Presented by A E Anderson through The Art Fund

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