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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Skipton Castle: The North Front from Eller Beck 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Skipton Castle: The North Front from Eller Beck’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 183 Recto:
Skipton Castle: The North Front from Eller Beck 1816
D11361
Turner Bequest CXLV 182
Pencil on white wove paper, 96 x 154 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘182’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest number ‘CXLV 182’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, there are a few lines towards the gutter, continued upwards from the sketch of Skipton Castle on folio 182 verso opposite (D11360; Turner Bequest CXLV 181a).

David Hill
April 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Skipton Castle: The North Front from Eller Beck 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-skipton-castle-the-north-front-from-eller-beck-r1201948, accessed 28 August 2025.