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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Peveril Castle from Castleton ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Peveril Castle from Castleton’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
Peveril Castle from Castleton ?1831
D22183
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 19
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘19’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 19’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Ian Warrell has confirmed Finberg’s suggestion that this sketch, made with the page turned vertically, is a view of Peveril Castle from Castleton,1 looking south from Goosehill, with the gorge leading to Peak Cavern below the castle. The latter is now obscured by trees from this direction. For other views of the castle, village and cave, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).
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Ian Warrell, notes from 1993 and later in Tate catalogue files.
Technical notes:
The page has been torn away about half way across its full width. The sketch fills the surviving portion.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Peveril Castle from Castleton ?1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-peveril-castle-from-castleton-r1148829, accessed 26 April 2024.