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 38 Recto:
Brough Castle, Cumbria 1831
D25597
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘38’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 38’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted is a view that probably depicts Brough Castle in Cumbria (see folio 36; D25593). The outline of the castle is faint, but if it is compared to sketches on folios 37 verso (D25596) and elsewhere the keep and the earthwork upon which it stands are discernible. Beneath the sketch is a view of the surrounding hills.

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-r1133957, accessed 25 April 2024.