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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Thornton Burn with Innerwick Castle 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Thornton Burn with Innerwick Castle’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
Thornton Burn with Innerwick Castle 1831
D25701
Turner Bequest CCLXV 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 96 x 59 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘33’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 33’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the left is a rough sketch of Thornton Burn with Innerwick Castle perched on the right bank. The view is from the north and is one of several sketches of the ruin in this and the Abbotsford sketchbooks (see folio 8; D25655 for references).
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Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Thornton Burn with Innerwick 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-thornton-burn-with-innerwick-castle-r1134065, accessed 24 April 2024.