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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inveraray Castle and Duniquoich Hill, Loch Fyne 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inveraray Castle and Duniquoich Hill, Loch Fyne’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
Inveraray Castle and Duniquoich Hill, Loch Fyne 1831
D26472
Turner Bequest CCLXX 19
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 201 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘19’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 19’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inveraray Castle and Duniquoich Hill (Dùn na Cuaiche) are here viewed here from the south, a good view that not only combines the two landmarks, but also (by viewing the castle from the south corner) captures more information about its architecture. Since Turner made his sketch, a third floor has been added to the central structure and the four corner towers have gained conical spires.
At the bottom right of the page is a second sketch of the same view, but from slightly further away so that the shore of Loch Fyne is included in the foreground. The view was familiar to Turner from 1801, when he made a similar sketch of the castle and hill as seen from Inveraray Pier (Tate D03632; Turner Bequest LX A).

Thomas Ardill
October 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Inveraray Castle and Duniquoich Hill, Loch Fyne 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-inveraray-castle-and-duniquoich-hill-loch-fyne-r1134906, accessed 24 April 2024.