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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Peveril Castle from the South-East; the Curtain Wall; Castleton and the Castle from the North ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Peveril Castle from the South-East; the Curtain Wall; Castleton and the Castle from the North’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 85 Verso:
Peveril Castle from the South-East; the Curtain Wall; Castleton and the Castle from the North ?1831
D22308
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 84a
Pencil on white wove paper, 191 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[... ?Clarks ...]’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are three sketches here, made with the page turned vertically. At the top is a view of Peveril Castle from the south-east, with St Edmund’s Church in Castleton below to the right. The middle register shows the castle’s curtain wall looking south from the keep. At the bottom the castle is seen to the north above Castleton, with the ravine leading to Peak Cavern on the right. For other views of the castle, village and cave, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Peveril Castle from the South-East; the Curtain Wall; Castleton and the Castle from the North ?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-east-the-curtain-wall-r1148956, accessed 19 September 2024.