Friars' Crag
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Friars' Crag, sometimes spelled Friar's Crag or Friars Crag, is a promontory overlooking Derwentwater near Keswick, Cumbria, in the English Lake District. It is a popular site with visitors and was ac
Friars' Crag seen from Derwentwater
Memorial to John Ruskin at Friars' Crag
Memorial to Hardwicke Rawnsley
Friars' Crag from the lake shore looking north
J. M. W. Turner
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter and elevated the status of landscape painting. Turner is regarded as one of the greatest and most in
Friars' Crag
…Trust in the 1920s. As well as its natural beauty, Friars' Crag is known for its literary and artistic associations with, among others, Robert Southey, J. M. W. Turner, John Ruskin and Arthur Ransome The 7th-century priest and hermit Saint Herbert lived on an island in Derwentwater. Friars' Crag derives its name from…
Self-Portrait, c. 1799
Turner, painted posthumously by Linnell (1838)
Turners House, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 1887 by Philip Norman
First artwork exhibited: A View of the Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth, watercolour (1790)