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 37 Verso:
Brough Cumbria, with the Castle 1831
D25596
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 37a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch shows the small Cumbrian town of Brough, as seen from the road to its north upon which Turner travelled between Appleby and Barnard Castle. Upon a large earthwork stands the ruin of Brough Castle. The parish church of St Michael is to the left and the rooftops of several buildings stand in front of the castle.
There are two further sketches on this page. At the top right is a faint sketch of Brough Castle and at the top left a view of the nearby Fox Tower which is also seen from the road. There is a similar view of this folly on folio 36 verso (D25594).

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-r1133956, accessed 26 April 2024.