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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lodore in Borrowdale, Cumbria 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lodore in Borrowdale, Cumbria’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
Lodore in Borrowdale, Cumbria 1831
D25611
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Stamped in red ink by John Ruskin ‘45’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 45’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch, made with the book inverted, shows a view of Lodore at the southern end of Derwentwater from a point near the boat landing.1 The waterfall itself is not obvious in the sketch, though the rocks over which it flows are recognisable. At the top right of the page is a slight continuation from folio 44 verso (D25610), which shows a view across Derwentwater towards Skiddaw from the same vantage point.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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Identified by David Hill in an email to the author 30 March 2009, Tate catalogue files.

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Lodore in Borrowdale, Cumbria 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-lodore-in-borrowdale-cumbria-r1133971, accessed 27 April 2024.