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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ardtornish Castle from the East 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ardtornish Castle from the East’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
Ardtornish Castle from the East 1831
D26846
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘54’ top left running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIII 54’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Ardtornish Castle on Ardtornish Point is seen in these two sketches from the Sound of Mull to the east (see also folio 53 verso (D26485). The sketches were made as Turner steamed down the Sound on his return to Oban after visiting the Isles of Skye and Staffa.
This is one of nine pages of studies of the castle: see folio 51 (D26480) for references and details. As he steamed away Turner made a sketch with the whole of the promontory (folio 54 verso; D26847), and then made a sketch of the castle in the distance from the east (folio 55; D26848).

Thomas Ardill
March 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ardtornish Castle from the East 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-ardtornish-castle-from-the-east-r1135203, accessed 19 April 2024.