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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Peak Cavern, Castleton 1830

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Verso:
?Peak Cavern, Castleton 1830
D22184
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 19a
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 114 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch appears to show the inside of a cave, perhaps Peak Cavern below Peveril Castle at Castleton, seen on adjacent pages; it is possibly continued on folio 20 recto opposite (D22185). For other views of the castle, village and cave, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).
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, ‘?Peak Cavern, Castleton 1830 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-peak-cavern-castleton-r1148830, accessed 29 March 2024.