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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Peveril Castle from the South-West; Peak Cavern ?1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Peveril Castle from the South-West; Peak Cavern’ ?1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Peveril Castle from the South-West; Peak Cavern ?1831
D22224
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 191 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘40’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 40’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Ian Warrell has noted, Peveril Castle is here seen from the south-west above a ravine. Warrell has also suggested that the view below shows Peak Cavern,1 below the north-west approach to the castle; this seems correct, as there are indications among the jagged rock forms of the telegraph pole-like frames associated with rope-making in the cave, as also apparently noted on folio 2 recto (D22153).
For other views of the castle, the cave and Castleton and the cave, 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 from the South-West; Peak Cavern ?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-from-the-south-west-peak-cavern-r1148870, accessed 14 November 2024.