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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Neidpath Castle, Peebles, From the East 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Neidpath Castle, Peebles, From the East’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Verso:
Neidpath Castle, Peebles, From the East 1834
D26104
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 5a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is the eastern façade of Neidpath Castle near Peebles, as seen from just outside the gateway with the remains of the bakehouse at the left. A twist of the River Tweed can be seen at the right with the high banks of the river beyond. A drawing by Alexander Archer of the Front View of Nidpath Castle, 1834 (Royal Commission on the Ancient Monuments of Scotland), made just over a month before Turner’s drawing, provides a useful comparison to this sketch.
There is a sketch from further away to the east on the reverse of this page (folio 5; D26103). Turner made ten sketches of the castle in total (see folio 5 for references and further information).
There are light brown stains across the right of this page.

Thomas Ardill
December 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Neidpath Castle, Peebles, From the East 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2010, 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-neidpath-castle-peebles-from-the-east-r1136032, accessed 24 April 2024.