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 38 Recto:
Roxburgh Castle, Near Kelso 1831
D25992
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 38
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
Inscribed in blue by John Ruskin ‘30’ bottom left inverted and ‘271’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVII – 38’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted, a rough sketch of a ruin on a mound above a river bank has been identified as part of Roxburgh Castle (see folio 36 verso; D25989; CCLXVII 36a). There is a very similar, but slightly more detailed sketch on folio 37 verso (D25991; CCLXVII 37a) and further similar views on folios 37 (D25990; CCLXVII 37).
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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-r1134362, accessed 26 April 2024.