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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ruins of a Castle: ?Scarborough 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ruins of a Castle: ?Scarborough’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
The Ruins of a Castle: ?Scarborough 1801
D05090
Turner Bequest LXXXII 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘12’ bottom right, descending vertically
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 15’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough study, made with the page turned horizontally, probably shows part of the ruins of Scarborough Castle. Sketches at Scarborough run from folio 14 recto (D05089) as far as folio 20 recto (D05095).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Ruins of a Castle: ?Scarborough 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-ruins-of-a-castle-scarborough-r1178658, accessed 26 April 2024.