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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Brough Castle, Cumbria 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brough Castle, Cumbria’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Recto:
Brough Castle, Cumbria 1831
D25595
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 37
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘37’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV 37’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of Brough Castle in Cumbria is taken from the same vantage point as the drawing on folio 36 (D25393). Although the present drawing is less detailed, giving only the outline of the structure, Turner did compensate in this instance by redrawing the castle keep at the bottom right of the page with the sketchbook turned to the left.
The sketch also continues onto folio 36 verso (D25594) where the outline of St Michael’s Church and the winding path of Swindale Beck are depicted.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Brough Castle, Cumbria 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-castle-cumbria-r1133955, accessed 20 April 2024.