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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lochleven Castle, Kinross from the North-East 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lochleven Castle, Kinross from the North-East’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Lochleven Castle, Kinross from the North-East 1834
D26709
Turner Bequest CCLXXII 23a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 117 x 184 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Edward Croft-Murray ‘25’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Lochleven Castle is seen here from close by to the north-east, with the Glassin Tower at the left and the keep at the right. There is a comparable sketch from the south-east on the reverse of this page (folio 25 verso; D26708; CCLXXII 23) and another close-up study of the ruins on folio 26 (D26727; CCLXXII 32a). Turner visited the castle on its island on Loch Leven near Kinross during a ten-day excursion round Scotland in September 1834, making sketches that would contribute towards a watercolour which was engraved for the publication Landscape – Historical Illustrations of Scotland and the Waverley Novels. See folio 25 verso for references and further information.

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Lochleven Castle, Kinross from the North-East 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-lochleven-castle-kinross-from-the-north-east-r1136414, accessed 23 September 2024.