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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Roxburgh Castle, Near Kelso 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Roxburgh Castle, Near Kelso’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Recto:
Roxburgh Castle, Near Kelso 1831
D25990
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 37
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 185 x 113 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘37’ top left running vertically and ‘271’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVII – 37’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the left are three sketches of a ruin on a hill that have been identified as Roxburgh Castle (see folio 36 verso; D25989; CCLXVII 36a). They all show the remains of a cube-shaped structure at the top of a mound with a river bank beneath. The sketch at the top with a large boulder in the foreground is similar to the drawings on folios 37 verso and 38 (D25991–D25992; CCLXVII 37a, 38).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Roxburgh Castle, Near Kelso 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-roxburgh-castle-near-kelso-r1134360, accessed 26 April 2024.