'Glencoe Looking West', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Glencoe Looking West

From Staffa Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXXIII

Date 1831

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 116 x 186 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D26764

Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 10 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 10 Verso:

Glencoe Looking West 1831

D26764
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 10a

Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Glenco G M[...] Br’ bottom left, ‘w’ lower right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Inscribed ‘Glenco’ at the bottom left of the page, this sketch looks west along Glencoe from the road. The peak of Aonach Dubh is at the top left with the Notched Ridge (Aonach Eagach) at the right and the River Coe (inscribed ‘w’ for water) below the slope to the right. The peak of Meall Mòr directly ahead in the distance is exaggerated in height.

For further sketches of Glencoe see folio 2 (D26750).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.