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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Mam Tor from Peveril Castle; the Castle from the North-East; Castleton from the Castle ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Mam Tor from Peveril Castle; the Castle from the North-East; Castleton from the Castle’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
?Mam Tor from Peveril Castle; the Castle from the North-East; Castleton from the Castle ?1831
D22309
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 85
Pencil on white wove paper, 191 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘85’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 85’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are three sketches here, made with the page turned vertically. At the top is a view of hills beyond the outline of Peveril Castle; this appears to be a laterally compressed view north-west along the valley to Mam Tor. In the middle is a view of the north-east front of the castle keep beyond the curtain wall enclosure. At the bottom is a view north-west across the curtain walls, with St Edmund’s Church in Castleton below to the right, and the peak of Mam Tor above the valley towards the top left. The walls are now partly obscured by trees.
For other views of the castle, Castleton and Peak Cavern, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Mam Tor from Peveril Castle; the Castle from the North-East; Castleton from the Castle ?1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-mam-tor-from-peveril-castle-the-castle-from-the-north-east-r1148957, accessed 14 November 2024.