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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lee Pen from near Traquair House, Innerleithen 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lee Pen from near Traquair House, Innerleithen’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Lee Pen from near Traquair House, Innerleithen 1834
D26128
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner’ ‘V | E[...]y’ centre left
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘18’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 18’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch completes a set of views made around Innerleithen on 2 October 1834 during a two-day tour of the Scottish Borders: folios 14 verso–18 (D26121–D26128); see Tour of Scotland for Scott’s Prose Works 1834 Tour Introduction. The pointed hill behind the slender trees to the left is Lee Pen, which can be seen in several sketches in this group; Turner’s inscription across the hill has not been deciphered. The building in the centre foreground may be the gateway to Traquair House, making this a view north from the road that runs south from Innerleithen. Having made these sketches Turner continued south along this road to St Mary’s Loch (folio 20 verso; D26133).

Thomas Ardill
December 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Lee Pen from near Traquair House, Innerleithen 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-lee-pen-from-near-traquair-house-innerleithen-r1136056, accessed 26 April 2024.