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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Gylen Castle from the South 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gylen Castle from the South’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 71 Verso:
Gylen Castle from the South 1831
D26881
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 71a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn in simplified outline, this sketch was made from the promontory at the south-east of the island of Kerrera, and looks north towards the ruin of Glyen Castle, which sits on a craggy headland a few hundred metres away. The sketch is one of eleven views of the castle that Turner made from around this point (folios 68–73; D26874–D26884), and one of twenty-five in total (folios 63 verso–75 verso; D26865–D26889). The sketch on folio 71 (D26880) was made from just to the left of the present view, and Turner made a sketch from the other side of the two conical-shaped rocks in the foreground on folio 70 (D26878).

Thomas Ardill
February 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Gylen Castle 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-from-the-south-r1135238, accessed 22 September 2024.