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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cardrona Hill and the River Tweed; and Church and Other Buildings 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cardrona Hill and the River Tweed; and Church and Other Buildings’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Verso:
Cardrona Hill and the River Tweed; and Church and Other Buildings 1834
D26119
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 13a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch across the top half of this page depicts a ridge of hills. These are similar in shape to those depicted on folio 13 (D26118), which have been identified as Cardrona Hill and Wallace’s Hill, as seen from across the River Tweed to the east near Innerleithen. Unlike folio 13, however, Cardrona Tower is not clearly visible in this rough sketch.
The churches and other buildings drawn across the bottom of this page have not been identified, but do not match buildings in Innerleithen or nearby.

Thomas Ardill
December 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Cardrona Hill and the River Tweed; and Church and Other Buildings 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-cardrona-hill-and-the-river-tweed-and-church-and-other-r1136047, accessed 21 November 2024.