J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bothwell Castle Rising above Woods, from the North-West 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bothwell Castle Rising above Woods, from the North-West’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 169 Recto:
Bothwell Castle Rising above Woods, from the North-West 1801
D03240
Turner Bequest LVI 167
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘167’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 167’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 168 verso opposite (D03239; Turner Bequest LVI 166a).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bothwell Castle Rising above Woods, from the North-West 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bothwell-castle-rising-above-woods-from-the-north-west-r1179436, accessed 26 April 2024.