'Views of Carlisle', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Views of Carlisle

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXVI

Date 1831

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 187 x 114 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D25842

Turner Bequest CCLXVI 41 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 41 Verso:

Views of Carlisle 1831

D25842
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 41a

Pencil on white wove paper, 187 x 114 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

With the sketchbook turned to the right are three sketches of Carlisle (see folio 39 verso; D25839). The top and bottom sketches are of Carlisle from the west, and both show the River Eden winding towards the castle in the foreground. There is another sketch of this view on folio 42 (D25843). The top sketch also shows the cathedral. Carlisle Castle is studied from the west in the middle sketch.

For further sketches of Carlisle see folio 39 verso (D25838).

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.