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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Appleby-in-Westmorland 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Appleby-in-Westmorland’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Appleby-in-Westmorland 1831
D25554
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘road’ bottom
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘16’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 16’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted is a second view of the Cumbrian town of Appleby (see folio 15 verso; D25553). The most prominent feature is Appleby Castle which stands on a hill to the south of the town. Behind it to the northeast are Murton Pike and other hills of the Pennines, and Turner has noted a ‘road’ in the foreground of the picture. There is a small study of the castle from a closer proximity on folio 16 verso (D25555).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Appleby-in-Westmorland 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-appleby-in-westmorland-r1133913, accessed 26 April 2024.