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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunollie Castle; and Oban from Dunollie 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunollie Castle; and Oban from Dunollie’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 94 Verso:
Dunollie Castle; and Oban from Dunollie 1831
D26927
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 94a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Both sketches on this page were made at Dunollie Castle about a mile north of Oban on the coast of Argyll. At the top is a view of the castle from the beach to the east. The view is similar to that on folio 95 (D26928), and looks north-west to Maiden Island with the rocky Argyll coast and the hils of Morvern beyond.
The second sketch, across the centre of the page, probably shows the view in the opposite direction: looking south towards the cliffs at Oban at the left, and the island of Kerrera at the right with Ardantrive Bay. Further views from Dunollie Castle, or from near the castle, are on folios 93 verso and 96 (D26925, D26930). For sketches of Dunollie Castle see folio 95.

Thomas Ardill
February 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dunollie Castle; and Oban from Dunollie 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-dunollie-castle-and-oban-from-dunollie-r1135284, accessed 26 April 2024.