'Carlisle Castle', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Carlisle Castle

From Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXIV

Date 1831

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 74 x 94 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D25555

Turner Bequest CCLXIV 16 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 16 Verso:

Carlisle Castle 1831

D25555
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 16a

Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

With the sketchbook turned to the right at the fore-edge of the page is a sketch of Carlisle Castle. It is recognisable by comparison with a sketch in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border sketchbook (Tate D25849; Turner Bequest CCLXVI 45) which shows exactly the same view of the castle, though in more detail and with Carlisle Cathedral in the background.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1830-35 Annual tourist

Sketchbooks from the 1830s

Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest