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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Falls of Clyde: Corra Castle above Cora Linn 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Falls of Clyde: Corra Castle above Cora Linn’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Falls of Clyde: Corra Castle above Cora Linn 1834
D26269
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 6
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘6’ top right and ‘340’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of three sketches of Corra Castle, a ruin that stands on a cliff overlooking Corra Linn, the highest of the three Falls of Clyde about a mile to the south of New Lanark. From the top of the gorge we look towards the waterfall with the ruin to the right at the very top centre of the page. Further sketches of the castle are on folio 5 verso and 6 verso (D26268 and D26270), and the ruin can also be seen in further sketches of Corra Linn; see folio 2 verso (D26262). For more information about Turner’s visit to the waterfalls, and references to further sketches of them, see folio 1 verso (D26260).

Thomas Ardill
September 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Falls of Clyde: Corra Castle above Cora Linn 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2010, 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-falls-of-clyde-corra-castle-above-cora-linn-r1136199, accessed 17 May 2024.