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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Scotch Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Garth Castle and Surrounding Mountains 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Garth Castle and Surrounding Mountains’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 109 Recto:
Garth Castle and Surrounding Mountains 1801
D03123
Turner Bequest LVI 107
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘C Wi | 17’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Castle Gaugh Glen Lyon’ at bottom
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘107’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 107’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the subject on folio 108 verso opposite (D03122; Turner Bequest LVI 106a). Garth is an isolated tower on the Keltney Burn, which flows from the north down the Strath of Appin to join the River Lyon close to Comrie. Turner made a sketch map of its location on folio 106 verso (D03118; Turner Bequest LVI 104a).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Garth Castle and Surrounding Mountains 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-garth-castle-and-surrounding-mountains-r1179318, accessed 24 April 2024.