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

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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Peveril Castle and Peak Cavern from the North-West’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
Peveril Castle and Peak Cavern from the North-West ?1831
D22230
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 43
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 191 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Castle 3 [?times the | H of] Elm on Hills’ top left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘43’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 43’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Ian Warrell has noted, the upper view here is north-west1 up to Peveril Castle, with the entrance to Peak Cavern in the ravine below, and Castleton below on the left. Turner has apparently noted the relative heights of the castle keep and nearby trees. Below is a less resolved sketch showing a similar prospect. There is some overlap to and from other views of the castle on folio 42 verso opposite (D22229).
For other drawings of the castle, village and cave, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

1
Ian Warrell, notes from 1993 and later in Tate catalogue files.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Peveril Castle and Peak Cavern 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-peveril-castle-and-peak-cavern-from-the-north-west-r1148876, accessed 19 April 2024.