Engraved by W. R. Smith, 1827, for Picturesque Views in England and Wales, Part II, No.3 (Rawlinson No. 215).

Turner made a series of drawings showing Richmond on its impressive site during his Yorkshire tour of 1816; one of these, T.B.CXLVIII- 13v, served as the basis for this view; but he treated the subject several times: twice for Whitaker's History of Richmondshire (Rawlinson Nos. 169, 170) and again in the England and Wales series (Part VI No.4; now Fitzwilliam Museum; Rawlinson No.232). Turner had made his first drawings of Richmond in 1796 (T.B.XXXIV-26) and the Bequest includes a number of 'colour-beginnings' which seem to represent the town. Having given one view of Richmond to Cambridge, Ruskin showed this one at the Fine Art Society in 1878 and 1900 (No.24), with the comment 'I don't think anybody is likely to get [it] while I live'. A watercolour of 'Richmond Castle and Town - Lancashire' was lent to the 1833 exhibition by B. G. Windus.