Joseph Mallord William Turner

Inscriptions; A Castle

1831

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 94 × 74 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D25524
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 1

Catalogue entry

The meaning of the inscriptions on this page has not been deciphered, but they do not make any obvious reference to the 1831 tour of Scotland or any of the subjects visited on it.

Beneath the inscriptions is a sketch of a castle which bears a resemblance to the sketch of Carlisle Castle on the inside back cover of this sketchbook (D41067).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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