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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Borthwick Castle 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Borthwick Castle’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 79 Recto:
Borthwick Castle 1818
D13714
Turner Bequest CLXVII 71
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink ‘71’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXVII 71’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Approaching Borthwick Castle from the north-west Turner made two distant sketches of the castle, recording its landscape setting (see also folio 78; D13712; CLXVII 70). We look along the Gore Water winding towards and around the castle which is nestled between low hills. Borthwick Church is beyond and to the right. The castle is identifiable by its distinctive cube shape, with its western side cut into two parallel towers.

Thomas Ardill
May 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Borthwick Castle 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-borthwick-castle-r1132271, accessed 19 September 2024.