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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Brougham Castle, Penrith 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brougham Castle, Penrith’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Verso:
Brougham Castle, Penrith 1831
D25834
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 37a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Brougham Castle near Penrith was made from the east and includes the three-arched Castle Bridge in the foreground. The keep is shown in basic outline, Turner having already made a more detailed sketch on folio 37 (D25834). In the distance at the right is one of the Cumbrian hills to the south-west, probably Blencathra.
There are two further sketches of the castle on folio 38 (D25835), this time from the west.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Brougham Castle, 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-brougham-castle-penrith-r1134201, accessed 20 September 2024.