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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Stirling Castle from the South 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Stirling Castle from the South’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Verso:
Stirling Castle from the South 1834
D26366
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 56a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Stirling Castle, and Castle Rock upon which it stands, are seen here from the south. This is one of many views of the castle in this sketchbook and comes closest to views on folios 49 verso–51 verso (D26352–D26356), though it apparently belongs to a group of views from the Esplanade and Ladies’ Rock on the previous pages of the sketchbook: folios 55–56 (D26363–D26365). The sketch, however, also bears a striking resemblance to a view in the Stirling and the West sketchbook which was used in both 1831 and 1834: Tate D26467 (Turner Bequest CCLXX 16a).
For a full list of Turner’s sketches of Stirling see folio 44 verso (D26342).

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Stirling Castle from the South 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-stirling-castle-from-the-south-r1136296, accessed 08 May 2024.