Joseph Mallord William Turner

Doune Castle from the East

1834

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Prints and Drawings Room

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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
D26375
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 61 a

Catalogue entry

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted is a sketch of Doune Castle from across Ardoch Burn to the east. The castle is drawn in some detail, especially the tower house with its circular north-east corner and its various gun loop and windows. Through a screen of trees at the right can be seen a cottage that still stands in the grounds. There are further views of the castle and burn on the reverse of this page: folio 61 (D26374). For further information and a full list of Turner’s sketches of the castle, see folio 52 verso (D26358).

Thomas Ardill
November 2010

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