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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Caerlaverock Castle 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Caerlaverock Castle’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
Caerlaverock Castle 1831
D25859
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘50’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 50’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From the north this sketch shows the grand gatehouse of Caerlaverock Castle (see folio 49 verso; D25858). While the moat surrounding the castle is not apparent its embanked edges are. Above the drawing is the continuation of a sketch of distant hills from folio 49 verso.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Caerlaverock Castle 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-caerlaverock-castle-r1134226, accessed 25 April 2024.