'Carlisle', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Carlisle

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXVI

Date 1831

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 114 x 187 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D25840

Turner Bequest CCLXVI 40 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 40 Verso:

Carlisle 1831

D25840
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 40a

Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This view of Carlisle from the west, continued slightly on folio 41 (D25841), is similar to the double-page sketch on folios 39 verso–40 (D25838–D25839). Part of a parapet at the left of the page, and a faint outline of a boat in the foreground at the right (also visible on folio 39 verso) show that the sketch was made from across the River Caldew. While the castle and cathedral are drawn in less detail in this sketch, Turner has this time included Eden Bridge at the left.

See folio 39 verso for references to further views of Carlisle.

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.