Joseph Mallord William TurnerSt Mary's Loch, Selkirkshire 1834

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Artist
Title
St Mary's Loch, Selkirkshire
From Edinburgh Sketchbook
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII
Date 1834
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 111 x 181 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D26143
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 25 a
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Verso:
St Mary’s Loch, Selkirkshire 1834
D26143
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 25a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
One of a series of similar views of St Mary’s Loch in Selkirkshire, this sketch shows the view south along the bay near Cappercleuch where the Megget Water flows into the loch. For further information on this view and the context of Turner’s visit to St Mary’s Loch see folio 24 (D26140). There are further views of St Mary’s Loch on folios 24–28 (D26140–D26148).

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

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