Description
Berry Pomeroy Castle, the traditional name of this scene, presents ruined towers in a wooded landscape, with an overgrown moat crossed by a small wooden bridge. J. M. W. Turner gives the place traditionally called Berry Pomeroy Castle an atmosphere shaped by water and surrounding growth. The architecture rises within the landscape rather than standing apart from it, allowing the bridge and darker vegetation to connect the ruin with the quieter foreground.
Issued in 1816 for Liber Studiorum, the etching and mezzotint was designed and tonally engraved by Turner, with Henry Edward Dawe probably etching the plate. The castle’s identification remains uncertain, with Raglan also proposed. That uncertainty does not diminish the composition’s particular balance: towers, foliage and reflected light make the scene engaging as a wooded ruin whose presence emerges through its setting.
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