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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Brough, Cumbria with the Castle 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brough, Cumbria with the Castle’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Verso:
Brough, Cumbria with the Castle 1831
D25594
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 36a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 37 (D25595) is a view of the town of Brough in Cumbria seen from the road to the north. On the present page are depicted the tower of the parish church of St Michael and, to its left, the snaking course of Swindale Beck. There is also, with the sketchbook turned to the right, a small sketch of the nearby folly, Fox Tower (see folio 34; D25589), as seen from the same spot, though now looking north-west. There is a very similar sketch of Fox Tower at the top-left of folio 37 verso (D25596), which also includes a view of Brough with the castle and church.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Brough, Cumbria with the Castle 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-brough-cumbria-with-the-castle-r1133954, accessed 26 April 2024.