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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1831 > Sound of Mull (?) No. 1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Kerrera from the Firth of Lorn 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Kerrera from the Firth of Lorn’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Verso:
?Kerrera from the Firth of Lorn 1831
D26939
Turner Bequest CCLXXIV 2a
Pencil on white wove paper, 91 x 153 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIV – 2a’ top left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner sketched as he left Oban Bay on a steamboat bound for Skye via the Sound of Mull. Having drawn the coast near Oban (inside back cover–folio 1; D41019–D26936), the artist turned to the west to sketch the island of Kerrera as his boat passed by (folios 1 verso–2; D26937–D26938). The sketch on the present page may show the island again, this time from the Firth of Lorn to the north. The shape of the rocks suggests Kerrera with the tidal island of Rubh ’a Chruidh at the north-east of the larger island to the left. The very slight sketch beneath this one may be a continuation from the right of the main sketch. Turner also drew a few outlines at the top right of the page.

Thomas Ardill
February 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Kerrera from the Firth of Lorn 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-kerrera-from-the-firth-of-lorn-r1135313, accessed 23 April 2024.