J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunbar Castle 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunbar Castle’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Dunbar Castle 1818
D13624
Turner Bequest CLXVII 23
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink ‘23’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXVII 23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 23 verso (D136243; CLXVII 22a) this sketch shows a similar view of Dunbar Castle from the west as the drawings over folios 18 verso–19 and 22 verso–23 (D13615–D13616 and D13621–D13622; CLXVII 17a–18 and 21a–22). All three sketches, although varying only slightly in viewpoint, exhibit different approaches to drawing. This present sketch uses strong outlines with some hatching to shows details and variations in the shape of rocks and ruins, combined with a freer approach to representing the rocky foreground. The drawing on folios 34 verso–35 (D13641–D13642; CLXVII 32a–33) repeats the view on the present page, though from closer to.
There is light foxing across the page.

Thomas Ardill
February 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dunbar Castle 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dunbar-castle-r1132172, accessed 25 April 2024.