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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Brougham Castle, Penrith 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brougham Castle, Penrith’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Brougham Castle, Penrith 1831
D25835
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘38’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 38’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Both sketches on this page show Brougham Castle, near Penrith, from the west. In the top sketch the generally intact keep at the left is contrasted with the more ruinous service buildings to the right, and the three-arched Castle Bridge is shown at the left spanning the River Eamont. Above it in the distance is Cross Fell, the highest point in the Pennines. The sketch below is of the same view, but was made after taking a few steps back so that more of the River Lother (which joins with the Eamont just before the bridge) is shown snaking its way towards the bridge.
There are further sketches of the castle on folios 37 and 37 verso (D25833, D25834).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Brougham Castle, Penrith 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-brougham-castle-penrith-r1134202, accessed 26 April 2024.