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

Drawn with the sketchbook turned to the left are two sketches that David Wallace-Hadrill and Janet Carolan have identified as Doune Castle, as seen from the north-west.1 Although giving slightly different views of the castle, both include the River Teith in the foreground, and the top sketch may include part of the Teith Bridge at Doune to the west. Turner made sketches of the castle and bridge in the Stirling and Edinburgh sketchbook (Tate D26380; Turner Bequest CCLXIX 64), where there are many further views of the castle made from different positions (see Tate D26358; Turner Bequest CCLXIX 52a). The artist is likely to have passed through Doune on his way west from Dunblane to Callander; see Tour of Scotland for Scott’s Prose Work 1834 Tour Introduction. A sketch on the reverse of this page also gives a similar view: folio 32 verso (D26742; CCLXXII 40).