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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Peveril Castle from the South ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Peveril Castle from the South’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Peveril Castle from the South ?1831
D22228
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 191 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 42’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Ian Warrell has noted, this view of Peveril Castle is from the ravine to its south.1 For other drawings of Peveril Castle, Castleton and Peak Cavern, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

1
Ian Warrell, notes from 1993 and later in Tate catalogue files.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Peveril Castle from the South ?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-peveril-castle-from-the-south-r1148874, accessed 19 April 2024.