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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Peak Cavern, Castleton, or Another Peak District Cave or Mine ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Peak Cavern, Castleton, or Another Peak District Cave or Mine’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Verso:
?Peak Cavern, Castleton, or Another Peak District Cave or Mine ?1831
D22252
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 55a
Pencil on white wove paper, 191 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Bar | 18’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?T...]’ at centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This loose sketch apparently focuses on an opening in rocks. Its orientation is a little unclear, but viewed vertically with the gutter at the bottom, there may be a word beginning with ‘T’ across the dark hatching at the centre. It is possibly Peak Cavern, below Peveril Castle at Castleton, which is seen on earlier pages, or some other Peak District cave or mine. For views of Peveril Castle, Castleton and Peak Cavern, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Peak Cavern, Castleton, or Another Peak District Cave or Mine ?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-or-another-peak-district-cave-or-mine-r1148898, accessed 23 September 2024.