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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Continuation of Berwick Castle and the Tweed Estuary 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Continuation of Berwick Castle and the Tweed Estuary’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
Continuation of Berwick Castle and the Tweed Estuary 1831
D25724
Turner Bequest CCLXV 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘45’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 45’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 44 verso (D25723) with the sketchbook inverted is a sketch of the remains of Berwick Castle as seen from the east, here showing the view upstream of the River Tweed.
For references to further sketches of Berwick in this sketchbook, see folio 13 verso (D25665).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Continuation of Berwick Castle and the Tweed Estuary 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-continuation-of-berwick-castle-and-the-tweed-estuary-r1134088, accessed 20 September 2024.