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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Goldielands Tower, near Hawick 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Goldielands Tower, near Hawick’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Goldielands Tower, near Hawick 1831
D25557
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Goldilands’ top left running vertically
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘18’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 18’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription at the top left of the page, which matches an inscription on folio 11 verso (D25545), tells us that this is a view of Goldielands Tower near Hawick. The view is from the south along the River Teviot near Branxholme Bridge, which is seen in the foreground below the tower. The sketch continues slightly on folio 17 verso (D25556).
As well as the sketch on folio 11 verso there are several slight sketches of the tower on folio 21 (D25563) and a number of sketches of the tower in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border sketchbook (Tate D25914; Turner Bequest CCLXVI 85a).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Goldielands Tower, near Hawick 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-goldielands-tower-near-hawick-r1133917, accessed 23 September 2024.