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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Craignethan Castle, Lanarkshire from the North 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Craignethan Castle, Lanarkshire from the North’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Craignethan Castle, Lanarkshire from the North 1834
D26287
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 15
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner [...] bottom left
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘15’ top right and ‘340’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 14 verso (D26286) at the left of the page is a view of Craignethan Castle as seen from the north. The small building seen here is the Guard Room at the north-western corner of the outer courtyard. See folio 14 verso for more information and references to further sketches of the castle.

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Craignethan Castle, Lanarkshire from the North 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-craignethan-castle-lanarkshire-from-the-north-r1136217, accessed 24 April 2024.