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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Selkirk and Philiphaugh 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Selkirk and Philiphaugh’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Selkirk and Philiphaugh 1834
D26176
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘42’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 42’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is Turner’s final sketch of Selkirk as seen from the banks of the Ettrick Water. The view is probably from the north-west, as it comes at the end of a sequence made as the artist travelled past the town on his way north to Galashiels: folios 40–42 (D26172–D26176). The town itself is not visible in this sketch, which concentrates on Selkirk Bridge. A separate sketch at the bottom left of the page, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, shows part of the bridge in more detail.
There is a pale water stain at the upper right of the page and a light brown stain at the bottom centre-left.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Selkirk and Philiphaugh 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2011, 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-selkirk-and-philiphaugh-r1136104, accessed 15 February 2025.