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 26 Recto:
Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Penrith 1831
D25811
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ?‘West’ top centre ?‘East’ lower centre
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘26’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 26’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 25 verso (D25810) is a view of Mayburgh Henge looking north. This half of the sketch shows the eastern half of the circular earthwork, as indicated by Turner’s inscription. At the top of the page is a sketch of the view west towards the Cumbrian mountains.
See folio 26 verso (D25812) for more information and references to further sketches of Mayburgh.

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-r1134178, accessed 25 April 2024.