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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berwick-on-Tweed 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Berwick-on-Tweed’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Recto:
Berwick-on-Tweed 1831
D26010
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 49
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘49’ top left and ‘271’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVII – 49’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 48 verso (D26009; CCLXVII 48a) is the study for Turner’s watercolour, Berwick-upon-Tweed circa 1832 (whereabouts unknown),1 engraved for volume 12 of Sir Walter Scott’s, Poetical Works. This half of the sketch shows a view south-east along the River Tweed towards the estuary. At the centre of the page is the impressive multi-arched Berwick Bridge (see D25725–D25726; Turner Bequest CCLXV 45a–46), beyond which are boats that Turner also incorporated in his final design. The ‘white wall’ of Berwick Castle is shown at the left of the page, descending the steep cliff.
See folio 48 verso for more information and references to further views of Berwick.
1
Wilton 1979, p.430 no.1092.
Verso:
Blank

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Berwick-on-Tweed 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-berwick-on-tweed-r1134380, accessed 26 April 2024.