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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Selkirk 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Selkirk’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Verso:
Selkirk 1834
D26175
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 41a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough sketch is Turner’s fifth drawing of Selkirk. Having drawn the town as he approached it from the south-west (folios 40–41; D26173–D26174), Turner continued north along the western side of the Ettrick Water and made this quick sketch from the north-west. The towered building on the hill above the water at the centre of the sketch is the Town Hall. Sketches of Selkirk continue on folio 42 (D26176).
There is a light brown stain at the top centre-right of the page and a pale water stain at the bottom right.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Selkirk 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-r1136103, accessed 15 February 2025.