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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Peak Cavern, Castleton ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Peak Cavern, Castleton’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
?Peak Cavern, Castleton ?1831
D22185
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 191 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Ba | 18’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 20’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The slight main sketch appears to show the inside of a cave, perhaps Peak Cavern below Peveril Castle at Castleton, seen on adjacent pages. There appears to be a variation on the left, separated by rough pencil lines, which possibly continues on folio 19 verso opposite (D22184). It is possible that both drawings should be read vertically, with the gutter of the page at the bottom.
For other views of the castle, village and cave, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Peak Cavern, Castleton ?1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-peak-cavern-castleton-r1148831, accessed 16 April 2024.