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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ardtornish Point and Castle from the East 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ardtornish Point and Castle from the East’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Verso:
Ardtornish Point and Castle from the East 1831
D26847
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 54a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Ardtornish Point with Ardtornish Castle is seen here from the Sound of Mull to the east. Travelling down the Sound of Mull from Tobermory to Oban, Turner made a series of sketches of Ardtornish Castle as he steamed by (see folio 51; D26480 for references). Although the castle is small and fairly indistinct in this sketch, Ardtornish Point is more clearly drawn than in any other study. The promontory is seen in the distance in a sketch on folio 55 (D26848).

Thomas Ardill
March 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ardtornish Point and Castle from the East 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-ardtornish-point-and-castle-from-the-east-r1135204, accessed 30 June 2024.