Joseph Mallord William Turner

Goldielands Tower

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 74 × 94 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D25546
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 12

Catalogue entry

Continued from folio 11 verso (D25545) is a sketch of Goldielands Tower from near Branxholm Tower on the River Teviot about three or four miles south of Hawick. This half of the sketch shows the winding river with Borthaugh and Wiltonburn Hills to the north.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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