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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Peveril Castle and the Surrounding Hills from the West ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Peveril Castle and the Surrounding Hills from the West’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Peveril Castle and the Surrounding Hills from the West ?1831
D22220
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 191 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?from the ... to ... | 200 yd to ... | ...]’ towards top right and a few illegible words below centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘38’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 38’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, there are three sketches here, divided by horizontal pencil lines. The top two are annotated all but illegibly, and the bottom one may also include a word or two within the drawing. As Ian Warrell has noted, they all show scenes around Castleton. At the top the view is towards Peveril Castle above the village from the west; in the centre is a view from Mam Tor, west of Castleton, looking north-west along the ridge north of Castleton to Back Tor, Lose Hill and Win Hill; and below is a view from Mam Tor towards the castle.1
For other views of the castle, Castleton and Peak Cavern, see under folio 1 verso (D22152).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

1
Ian Warrell, notes from 1993 and later in Tate catalogue files.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Peveril Castle and the Surrounding Hills from the West ?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-peveril-castle-and-the-surrounding-hills-from-the-west-r1148866, accessed 14 November 2024.