Joseph Mallord William Turner

Peveril Castle and Castleton from the West

?1831

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Worcester and Shrewsbury Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 114 × 191 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D22238
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 47 a

Catalogue entry

There are two similar views here, along the valley to Castleton and Peveril Castle above it, looking west as Ian Warrell has noted.1 Turner’s series of ‘P’ inscriptions is obscure. The note at the bottom right relates to a slight continuation from the nearby views on folio 48 recto opposite (D22239). For other views of the village, the castle and Peak Cavern, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

Ian Warrell, notes from 1993 and later in Tate catalogue files.

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