Turner's Water-Colours at Farnley Hall

by A. J. Finberg

This drawing is executed in body-colour on brown paper. The River Washburne, with water-mill, is seen in the foreground, Leathley Church on the hill in the middle-distance, and the Otley Chevin, with Caley Park, beyond. The steep wooded bank on the right of the river in the middle-distance is the scene of the drawing The Banks of the Washburne (Plate XI). The drawing of The Valley of the Washburne, and Lindley Bridge (Plate XIX) was made from a spot near the mill in the foreground, looking towards the right.

MAYENCE AND KASTEL.

DATE 1817. SIZE 8¹¹/₁₆” × 14⅝".

One of the Rhine drawings. The dark cloud in the centre is an instance of Turner’s wonderful technical daring and resource, the effect being obtained by the use of wet, running colour. Turner was at Mayence on 24th and 25th August, 1817.