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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Foyers Lower Fall from the East 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Foyers Lower Fall from the East’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Foyers Lower Fall from the East 1831
D27008
Turner Bequest CCLXXVI 24
Pencil on off-white laid writing paper, 150 x 180 mm irregular
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘24’ top left running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVI 24’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch, like folios 24 verso and 26 (D27009, D27012), depicts the Lower Falls of Foyers from the east. The waterfall itself is partially obscured in this sketch by trees, but its presence is signalled by a single serpentine line descending at the centre left of the page, and the pool with the continuation of the stream to its right can be seen at the bottom of the page. The hill at the centre of the page is Creag Bhreac.
For further sketches of the Falls of Foyers see folio 40 verso (D27034).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Foyers Lower Fall from the East 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-foyers-lower-fall-from-the-east-r1135373, accessed 19 April 2024.