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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Glencoe 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Glencoe’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Glencoe 1831
D26791
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Glenco’ bottom left
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘bottom right descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIII 26’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inscribed ‘Glenco’ by Turner, this sketch looks east up Glencoe from the approach to Loch Achtriochtan. Winding its way through the glen is the Coe River with the Notched Ridge (Aonach Eagach) to the left, and the mountains of Stob Coire nam Beith and Stob Coire nan Lochan at the right. For further information on Turner’s journey to Glencoe and his sketches of the mountains and the pass see folio 2 (D26750).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Glencoe 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-glencoe-r1135149, accessed 24 April 2024.