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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Castle Campbell, Dollar 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Castle Campbell, Dollar’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Verso:
Sketches of Castle Campbell, Dollar 1834
D26728
Turner Bequest CCLXXII 33
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 184 x 117 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘33’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXII 33’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook turned to the right are three views of Castle Campbell made from within the castle grounds. At the top is a view from within the courtyard, looking west towards the tower house at the left and the Hall Range to the right. The sketch beneath was made from the garden terrace beneath the castle to the south. The sketch at the bottom of the page shows a room inside the castle with a vaulted barrel ceiling. However, rather than the Great Hall, as in the sketch on folio 14 verso (D26718; CCLXXII 28), this may be the tower room at the top of the tower house, as it appears to be a smaller room with just a small square window or fireplace at the end wall.
For a full list of Turner’s sketches of Castle Campbell, and more information about his visit, see folio 6 verso (D26688; CCLXXII 12).

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sketches of Castle Campbell, Dollar 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2010, 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-sketches-of-castle-campbell-dollar-r1136392, accessed 22 November 2024.