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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Goldielands Tower, Near Hawick 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Goldielands Tower, Near Hawick’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Recto:
Goldielands Tower, Near Hawick 1831
D25921
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 89
Pencil on white wove paper, 187 x 114 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Goldi – | Near Hawick’ centre right
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘89’ top left running vertically and ‘342’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 89’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the left is a view of Goldielands Tower near Hawick from the north, with Martin’s Bridge in the foreground as in folio 87 verso (D25915). Turner repeated the tower in a little sketch to the bottom left of the main sketch, and again in a more detailed sketch beneath this. In this sketch it is possible to see the lower building that was attached at the north face and the roof of another building to the north. Both of these can clearly be seen in an etching of Goldieland’s Castle by T. Vivares, published by S. Hooper in 1706 (private collection).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Goldielands Tower, Near Hawick 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-goldielands-tower-near-hawick-r1134288, accessed 06 February 2025.