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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Brougham Castle Seen beyond the River Eamont 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Brougham Castle Seen beyond the River Eamont’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
?Brougham Castle Seen beyond the River Eamont 1801
D05103
Turner Bequest LXXXII 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘26’ bottom right, descending vertically ‘23’
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below right of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 26’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch was made with the page turned horizontally. For the likely subject, see the note on Brougham Castle under folio 24 recto (D05101).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Brougham Castle Seen beyond the River Eamont 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-brougham-castle-seen-beyond-the-river-eamont-r1178672, accessed 05 April 2026.