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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Newark Castle, Selkirkshire 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Newark Castle, Selkirkshire’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Recto:
Newark Castle, Selkirkshire 1834
D26166
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 37
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘37’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 37’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A rather slight sketch of Newark Castle, this view was made from near the bridge across the Yarrow Water near Broadmeadows, and shows the north-east corner of the castle with the river flowing beneath it to the left. There is a similar view on folio 36 verso (D26165).
This is one in a sequence of six sketches of the castle in this sketchbook, made as Turner passed the ruin on his way from St Mary’s Loch to Selkirk: folios 36–38 verso (D26164–D26169). For more information about Turner’s route see Edinburgh sketchbook 1834 Introduction.

Thomas Ardill
January 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Newark Castle, Selkirkshire 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 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-newark-castle-selkirkshire-r1136094, accessed 27 April 2024.