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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Melrose Vale 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Melrose Vale’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
Melrose Vale 1831
D25931
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 2
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
Perhaps inscribed in pencil by Turner at left, illegible
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘2’ top right and ‘271’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are two sketches of Melrose Vale on this page. At the right is a view looking west along the Tweed, with the continuation of a similar view from folio 1 verso at the left (D25930; CCLXVII 1a).
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Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Melrose Vale 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-melrose-vale-r1134301, accessed 24 April 2024.