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 Verso:
Roxburgh Castle, Near Kelso 1831
D25991
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 37a
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 185 x 113 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The rough sketches on this page and folio 38 (D25992; CCLXVII 38) both show a similar view of a ruin that has been identified as part of Roxburgh Castle near Kelso in the Scottish Borders (see folio 36 verso; D25989; CCLXVII 36a). Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, the ruin stands at the top of a bank (castle mound) with the bank of the Teviot beneath, where a large bolder sits – which may be part of the ruins.

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-r1134361, accessed 09 May 2024.