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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Verso:
Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South 1831
D26875
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 68a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ?‘water’ centre right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of the many sketches that Turner made of Gylen Castle from the promontory across the bay of Port a’ Chroinn to the south-east of Kerrera. Unlike similar sketches of this view from the south (folios 69–69a; D26876–D26877), Turner has paid attention to the clouds, the light and shadows on the ruin and the rocks on which it stands. This is just one of twenty-five sketches that Turner made of Gylen Castle: folios 63 verso–75 verso (D26865–D26889); see folio 73 verso (D26885) for further details.

Thomas Ardill
February 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Gylen Castle, Kerrera from the South 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-gylen-castle-kerrera-from-the-south-r1135232, accessed 20 February 2025.