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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Neidpath Castle, Peebles, From the North’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
Neidpath Castle, Peebles, From the North 1834
D26106
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 6a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of several rather similar sketches of Neidpath Castle near Peebles, as seen from the north with the River Tweed at the right; see also folios 7 verso and 8 verso (D26108, D26110). Turner has paid little attention to the architecture of the castle, just laying in the main compositional structure of the scene. He has, however, endeavoured to capture the appearance of the river as the water flows around a bend and is divided in two by a sand bank.
For further information on Turner’s Neidpath sketches see folio 5 (D26103).

Thomas Ardill
December 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Neidpath Castle, Peebles, From the North 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-north-r1136034, accessed 26 April 2024.