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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner St Mary's Loch, Selkirkshire 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘St Mary's Loch, Selkirkshire’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Verso:
St Mary’s Loch, Selkirkshire 1834
D26143
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 25a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
One of a series of similar views of St Mary’s Loch in Selkirkshire, this sketch shows the view south along the bay near Cappercleuch where the Megget Water flows into the loch. For further information on this view and the context of Turner’s visit to St Mary’s Loch see folio 24 (D26140). There are further views of St Mary’s Loch on folios 24–28 (D26140–D26148).

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘St Mary’s Loch, Selkirkshire 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2011, 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-st-marys-loch-selkirkshire-r1136071, accessed 19 April 2024.