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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Tarbert Castle at, East Tarbert, Kintyre 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tarbert Castle at, East Tarbert, Kintyre’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Recto:
Tarbert Castle at, East Tarbert, Kintyre 1831
D26611
Turner Bequest CCLXX 89
Pencil on white wove paper, 201 x 125 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘East Tarbet’ top right
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘89’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 89’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains the continuation from folio 88 verso (D26610) of two sketches of East Tarbert, Kintyre. At the top of the page is the continuation of a sketch of East Loch Tarbert from just south of the loch’s mountain. This half of the sketch shows the northern mouth of the loch, and is inscribed ‘Loch Tarbert’. At the bottom of the page is the continuation of a sketch of the town from the quay, this half showing the hills to the west of the town.
For references to all of Turner’s sketches of East Tarbert see folio 88 verso.

Thomas Ardill
December 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Tarbert Castle at, East Tarbert, Kintyre 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-tarbert-castle-at-east-tarbert-kintyre-r1135045, accessed 19 September 2024.