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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 71 Recto:
Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South 1831
D26880
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 71
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘71’ top left running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIII 71’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch is one of eleven that Turner made from the promontory at the south-east of Gylen Castle on the island of Kerrera: folios 68–73 (D26874–D26884). It was rather hastily executed, though Turner has used his scratchy pencil-work to suggest the craggy character of the landscape. Having already made careful architectural studies of the castle (folio 73 verso; D26885), it was not necessary for Turner to draw the ruin in detail, just to mark its position relative to its topography.

Thomas Ardill
February 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-gylen-castle-kerrera-from-the-south-r1135237, accessed 26 April 2024.