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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Doune Castle from the East 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Doune Castle from the East’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Verso:
Doune Castle from the East 1834
D26375
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 61a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted is a sketch of Doune Castle from across Ardoch Burn to the east. The castle is drawn in some detail, especially the tower house with its circular north-east corner and its various gun loop and windows. Through a screen of trees at the right can be seen a cottage that still stands in the grounds. There are further views of the castle and burn on the reverse of this page: folio 61 (D26374). For further information and a full list of Turner’s sketches of the castle, see folio 52 verso (D26358).

Thomas Ardill
November 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Doune Castle from the East 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 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-doune-castle-from-the-east-r1136305, accessed 25 April 2024.