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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Penrith 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Penrith’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Penrith 1831
D25809
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 25
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘25’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Looking into Mayburgh Henge from the east, with the single stone at the centre of the page and a narrow tree to its left, this sketch continues on folio 24 verso (D25808) where some of the Cumbrian mountains can be seen in the distance.
See folio 26 verso (D25812) for more information and references to further sketches of Mayburgh Henge.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Penrith 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-mayburgh-henge-eamont-bridge-penrith-r1134176, accessed 26 April 2024.