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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Newark Castle, Selkirkshire 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Newark Castle, Selkirkshire’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Newark Castle, Selkirkshire 1834
D26168
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘38’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 38’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch of Newark Castle from across the Yarrow Water to the north offers a dramatic composition that somewhat exaggerates the height of the riverbank and nearby hills. The sketch was made just a short distance away from the view on folio 37 verso (D26167), as Turner passed the castle travelling south-east. It is one in a sequence of six sketches of the castle in this sketchbook that were made as Turner passed by on his way to Selkirk: folios 36–38 verso (D26164–D26169).

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Newark Castle, Selkirkshire 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2011, 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-r1136096, accessed 21 September 2024.