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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Doune Castle from the South-East 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Doune Castle from the South-East’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Recto:
Doune Castle from the South-East 1834
D26378
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 63
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘63’ top right and ‘340’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 63’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Doune Castle is seen here in a careful and accurate drawing from the south-east. In this view Turner has paid attention to the castle’s brickwork as well as the windows, gun loops, gables and turrets. To the left of the castle is the River Teith with a mountain peak, probably Ben Vorlich, in the distance above it.
Turner studied the castle from all direction, see folio 52 verso (D26358) for further details.

Thomas Ardill
November 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Doune Castle from the South-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-south-east-r1136308, accessed 24 September 2024.