Joseph Mallord William Turner

Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South-East

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Staffa Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 116 × 186 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D26884
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 73

Catalogue entry

Gylen Castle is seen here from the south-east. In his examination of the castle from each side, Turner traversed the rocky promontory at the south-east of the island of Kerrera and sketched the ruins from across the bay of Port a’ Chroinn. This is either the first or the last sketch in a sequence of views from that promontory which continues on folios 68–72 (D26874–D26882).

Thomas Ardill
February 2010

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