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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Stirling Castle from King's Park 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Stirling Castle from King's Park’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Verso:
Stirling Castle from King’s Park 1834
D26354
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 50a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of several sketches of Stirling Castle from the King’s Park to the south-west (see folio 49 verso; D26352). Like the almost identical sketch on the reverse of this page (folio 50; D26353), this view includes the King’s Knot in the foreground beneath the Castle Esplanade. This sketch also includes a small group of figures in the foreground at the left. While Turner may have observed these people, they are also included as a compositional element, suggesting that the artist was searching for a composition to a potential painting. The sketch continues slightly on folio 51 (D26355) where the outline of the Church of the Holy Rude is drawn.
See folio 44 verso (D26342) for a full list of Turner’s sketches of Stirling.

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Stirling Castle from King’s Park 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-stirling-castle-from-kings-park-r1136284, accessed 23 April 2024.