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

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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South-East’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 73 Recto:
Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South-East 1831
D26884
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 73
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘73’ top left running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIII 73’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Gylen Castle is seen here from the south-east. In his examination of the castle from each side, Turner traversed the rocky promontory at the south-east of the island of Kerrera and sketched the ruins from across the bay of Port a’ Chroinn. This is either the first or the last sketch in a sequence of views from that promontory which continues on folios 68–72 (D26874–D26882).

Thomas Ardill
February 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South-East 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-east-r1135241, accessed 20 April 2024.