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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inverness: Looking South Down the River Ness 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inverness: Looking South Down the River Ness’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Verso:
Inverness: Looking South Down the River Ness 1831
D27053
Turner Bequest CCLXXVII 5a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 104 x 163 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of Inverness depicts a view south from the eastern bank of the River Ness towards the mouth of the river. The bridge at the right has been identified as Black Bridge,1 a wooden trestle structure that was replaced in 1896 by Waterloo Bridge. The rounded hill in the background is Tomnahurich, the site of Inverness cemetery, and the two spires in the distance belong to the Tollbooth and the Old High Kirk. There is a similar view, again with Black Bridge, on folio 6 verso (D27055). See folio 2 (D27047) for more information on Turner’s sketches of Inverness.

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

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David Wallace-Hadrill and Janet Carolan, ‘Sketchbook CCLXXVII Inverness’, [circa 1991], Tate catalogue files, [unpaginated].

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Inverness: Looking South Down the River Ness 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-inverness-looking-south-down-the-river-ness-r1135419, accessed 20 April 2024.