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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Langholm 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Langholm’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 67 Verso:
Langholm 1831
D25894
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 67a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rather than Hawick, as Finberg tentatively suggested,1 this sketch is of Langholm and was made from the western bank of the River Esk a little north of Langholm Bridge which is shown at the right of the sketch. As well as the bridge, the tower of the Town Hall in the centre of the page is identifiable, meaning that the church spire at the left must be of the Old Parish Church (it was rebuilt in 1846). Behind the town are White Hill at the left and Breckeny Knoew at the right.
There is another sketch of Langholm on folio 63 (D25885). The present sketch is slightly out of sequence as it follows views of Hermitage Castle near Hawick, which Turner visited after Langholm.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

1
Finberg 1909, II, p.856.

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Langholm 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-langholm-r1134261, accessed 20 September 2024.