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 37 Recto:
Peak Cavern, Castleton ?1831
D22218
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 37
Pencil on white wove paper, 191 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Cave | B]’ towards top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘37’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 37’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are three slight sketches here, made with the page turned vertically and divided by horizontal pencil lines. They all appear to show the inside of Peak Cavern, below Peveril Castle at Castleton, which is seen on adjacent pages; the small dark shapes on the right of the middle view may figures. The subject on the verso (D22219) is positively identified as Peak Cavern by a related inscription. 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-r1148864, accessed 20 September 2024.