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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Carlisle 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Carlisle’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Carlisle 1831
D25839
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘40’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 39 verso (D25838) this view of Carlisle from the west shows from left to right: Carlisle Cathedral, the steeple of St Cuthbert’s Church, the two oval towers of the Citadel, and a church spire at the right that was knocked down in 1847 to make way for Carlisle railway station. There are two sketches of the spire on folio 41 (D25841) and the towers of the Citadel are shown again on folios 42 and 43 verso (D25843, D25846).
For references to other sketches of Carlisle see folio 39 verso.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Carlisle 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-carlisle-r1134206, accessed 26 April 2024.