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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Kinnoull Tower and Kinfauns Castle, near Perth 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kinnoull Tower and Kinfauns Castle, near Perth’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
Kinnoull Tower and Kinfauns Castle, near Perth 1834
D26721
Turner Bequest CCLXXII 29a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 119 x 184 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Edward Croft-Murray ‘29’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
One half of a double-page spread, this is a view of Kinfauns Castle from the bank of the River Tay to the south-east. The river can be seen in the foreground with the castle on a wooded slope above it. The view continues on folio 28 verso (D26723; CCLXXII 30a), where we look west along the river with Kinnoull Tower.
There are further sketches of the castle on folios 27 and 28 (D26724, D26722; CCLXXII 31, 30), and sketches of Kinnoull Tower on folios 27 verso, 28 verso, 30 and 30 verso (D26724, D26723, D26747, D26746; CCLXXII 31, 30a, 42a, 42). For sketches of the nearby town of Perth and information about the artist’s visit to the area, see folio 31 verso (D26744; CCLXXII 41).

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Kinnoull Tower and Kinfauns Castle, near Perth 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-kinnoull-tower-and-kinfauns-castle-near-perth-r1136422, accessed 23 April 2024.