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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Castle Overlooking a River 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
A Ruined Castle Overlooking a River 1798
D01553
Turner Bequest XL 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘54’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XL – 54’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing continues on folio 55 verso opposite (D01552; Turner Bequest XL 53a), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
There are watercolour splashes at the outer edge.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Castle Overlooking a River 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-ruined-castle-overlooking-a-river-r1173792, accessed 29 March 2024.