Joseph Mallord William Turner

Scarborough Castle from the West; Cattle on the Cliff below the Keep

c.1816–18

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Scarborough 1 Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 117 × 180 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D11949
Turner Bequest CL 30

Catalogue entry

This sketch records the view from immediately west of the barbican of Scarborough Castle, looking east along the north bay escarpment to the keep. The panorama is continued to the right in another sketch in the sequence (D11943; Turner Bequest CL 24) to take in the view on the south bay side of the castle. Turner recorded similar material to that panorama in a further sketch (D11917; Turner Bequest CL 3) recorded from a viewpoint slightly further to the right (south) and similar material to the present subject in yet another sketch (D11929; Turner Bequest CL 12) from a still more distant viewpoint.

Verso:

Blank, except for an inscription by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘168 I’ [deleted] (see notes to folio 3, D11945; Turner Bequest CL 26), and ‘1245’ bottom left.

David Hill
September 2008

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