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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Peebles Bridge and Parish Church with Neidpath Castle in the Distance 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Peebles Bridge and Parish Church with Neidpath Castle in the Distance’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Peebles Bridge and Parish Church with Neidpath Castle in the Distance 1834
D26109
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘8’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 8’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From the south bank of the Tweed opposite Peebles, this sketch looks north-east along the river, with the Tweed Bridge and the old Parish Church. Further along the river at the left of the sketch is the tower of Neidpath Castle, which lies about a mile to the east.
The church shown in this sketch no longer stands, having been rebuilt in 1887. The tower appears again on folio 4 verso (D26102) alongside the ruins of nearby Cross Kirk. A small sketch at the bottom right of folio 9 verso (D26112) depicts a view of Peebles Bridge and the Parish Church from Neidpath Castle to the west.
This page falls in the middle of a series of sketches of nearby Neidpath Castle; see folio 5 (D26103) for references. Turner presumably visited the castle on a short excursion from Peebles, and probably made the current sketch on his return using a page that he had inadvertently left blank.

Thomas Ardill
December 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Peebles Bridge and Parish Church with Neidpath Castle in the Distance 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-peebles-bridge-and-parish-church-with-neidpath-castle-in-the-r1136037, accessed 18 April 2024.