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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Castle Stalker 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Castle Stalker’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Recto:
?Castle Stalker 1831
D26802
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 32
Pencil on white wove paper, 186 x 116 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘32’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIII 32’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
David Wallace-Hadrill and Janet Carolan have suggested that this sketch of a ruin with hills beyond may be Castle Stalker seen from Loch Linnhe. Although the building in the sketch does not closely resemble the castle, the composition as a whole is similar to sketches of Castle Stalker on folio 38 verso (D26814).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Castle Stalker 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-castle-stalker-r1135160, accessed 24 April 2024.