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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Newark Castle, Near Selkirk from the North-East 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Newark Castle, Near Selkirk from the North-East’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Newark Castle, Near Selkirk from the North-East 1831
D25668
Turner Bequest CCLXV 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘16’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 16’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Newark Castle is from across the Yarrow Water to the north-east. It was made by Turner as he passed the castle on the opposite bank on his return to Selkirk after visiting the castle. There are further sketches of the castle on folios 16 verso–17 (D25699–D25670) and in the Abbotsford sketchbook (Tate D26066; Turner Bequest CCLXVII 79). The artist returned to Newark Castle in 1834, making sketches in the Edinburgh sketchbook (Tate D26167; Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 37a).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Newark Castle, Near Selkirk from the North-East 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-newark-castle-near-selkirk-from-the-north-east-r1134032, accessed 18 May 2024.