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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berwick-upon-Tweed 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Berwick-upon-Tweed’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
Berwick-upon-Tweed 1831
D25726
Turner Bequest CCLXV 46
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘46’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 46’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted are two studies at Berwick-upon-Tweed. At the top of the page is a sketch of Berwick Bridge which is probably seen from the north bank of the Tweed, but south of the structure towards the mouth of the river. Turner made two further studies of the bridge from the north on folio 45 verso (D25725).
The sketch beneath was made either from the bridge itself or from just north of it, and looks north along the north bank of the Tweed with part of the ruins of Berwick Castle at the left (see folio 44 verso; D25723) and the tower of Berwick Town Hall rising above the roofs of the town to the right (see folio 9 verso; D25658).
For references to further sketches of Berwick in this sketchbook, see folio 13 verso (D25665).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Berwick-upon-Tweed 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-berwick-upon-tweed-r1134090, accessed 24 April 2024.