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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Castleton and Peveril Castle from the North-West ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Castleton and Peveril Castle from the North-West’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Verso:
Castleton and Peveril Castle from the North-West ?1831
D22188
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 21a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 191 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Ba | 18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is from the west end of Castleton, looking east to St Edmund’s Church and north up to Peveril Castle, now obscured by trees from this angle, above the gorge leading to Peak Cavern. The sketch continues a little way onto folio 22 recto opposite (D22189); for other views of the castle, village and cave, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Castleton and Peveril Castle from the North-West ?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-castleton-and-peveril-castle-from-the-north-west-r1148834, accessed 26 April 2024.