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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Carlisle 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Carlisle’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Sketches of Carlisle 1831
D25841
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 41
Pencil on white wove paper, 187 x 114 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘41’ top left running vertically and ‘342’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 41’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are several sketches of Carlisle on this sketchbook page: three were made with the book turned to the left and at the bottom of the page is part of a sketch continued from folio 40 verso (D25840). The top sketch shows a church spire, also shown at the left of folio 40 (D25839), with Carlisle Castle at the left.
The second sketch shows Carlisle from the west with Eden Bridge, Carlisle Castle and the Cathedral with the River Caldew in the foreground. Beneath this, a sketch of a winding river is probably a view up the river looking north-west. At the bottom of the page is a sketch showing the same church with a spire as in the sketch at the top of the page. The sketch contains a view of Carlisle on folio 40 verso.
See folio 39 verso (D25838) for references to further views of Carlisle.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sketches of Carlisle 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-sketches-of-carlisle-r1134208, accessed 25 April 2024.