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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Tweed near Abbotsford 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The River Tweed near Abbotsford’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
The River Tweed near Abbotsford 1834
D26188
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 48
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 111 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘48’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 48’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This small and slight sketch of a riverbank follows two sketches of Abbotsford, the neo-gothic home of Sir Walter Scott (see folio 47; D26186). It is possible that the house is depicted at the centre of this sketch, though it is too roughly drawn to be certain. The shapes of the hills in the background, however, do make a good match for the view across the Tweed from the west. See folio 47 for more information on Turner’s Abbotsford sketches.
There are pale brown stains across the top of the page, and at the top and centre of the foredge of the page.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘The River Tweed near Abbotsford 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-the-river-tweed-near-abbotsford-r1136116, accessed 25 April 2024.