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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Lochmaben Castle, Near Lockerbie 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Lochmaben Castle, Near Lockerbie’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Recto:
Sketches of Lochmaben Castle, Near Lockerbie 1831
D25879
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 60
Pencil on white wove paper, 187 x 114 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner, possibly ?‘Gatehouse’ centre
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin 60’ top left running vertically and ‘342’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 60’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the left are three sketches of Lochmaben Castle. The sketches at the top and in the middle of the page show the remains of walls with archways in them that spanned the castle’s ‘canal’ or moat. In the top sketch a second archway can be seen through the first. The second sketch carries an inscription that may read ‘gallows’ or perhaps ‘gatehouse’, although the sketch apparently depicts neither. There are further sketches of the castle from close quarters on folio 59 verso (D25878).
At the bottom of the page is a sketch of the castle ruins from across Castle Loch to the east. There are further sketches from a similar viewpoint on folios 58, 58 verso and 59 (D25875–D5877).
For further information about Lochmaben see folio 57 verso (D25874).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sketches of Lochmaben Castle, Near Lockerbie 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-sketches-of-lochmaben-castle-near-lockerbie-r1134246, accessed 19 April 2024.