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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bothwell Castle, from the South-East 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bothwell Castle, from the South-East’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Bothwell Castle, from the South-East 1834
D26314
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 28a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page begins a series of sketches that Turner made of Bothwell Castle as he returned to Bothwell Bridge along the eastern bank of the River Clyde. They follow sketches of the castle made from various angles close by; see folio 26 (D26309).
The castle is seen here from the eastern bank of the Clyde to the south-east. The sketches that follow on folios 29–30 verso (D26315–D26318) not only record Turner’s changing view of the castle as he walked away from it, but also provide variations on a composition that Turner evidently wished to explore and develop. The view on folio 29 is very similar to this one, though was made from slightly further south, providing a vantage point from which more of the castle is visible.
For a full list of Turner’s sketches of Bothwell Castle see folio 26.

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Bothwell Castle, from the South-East 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-bothwell-castle-from-the-south-east-r1136244, accessed 01 July 2024.