Joseph Mallord William Turner

Craignethan Castle, Lanarkshire from the North

1834

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Stirling and Edinburgh Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 113 × 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D26287
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 15

Catalogue entry

Continued from folio 14 verso (D26286) at the left of the page is a view of Craignethan Castle as seen from the north. The small building seen here is the Guard Room at the north-western corner of the outer courtyard. See folio 14 verso for more information and references to further sketches of the castle.

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

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