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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Falls of Clyde: Bonnington Linn 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Falls of Clyde: Bonnington Linn’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Falls of Clyde: Bonnington Linn 1834
D26281
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 12
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘12’ bottom left inverted and ‘340’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 12’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch, drawn with the book inverted from the usual orientation, may show the view downstream from Bonnington Linn on the River Clyde. Looking over the cliff edge at the top of the waterfall, the view looks north along the gorge. For further sketches of the Falls of Clyde see folio 1 verso (D26260).

Thomas Ardill
February 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Falls of Clyde: Bonnington Linn 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-falls-of-clyde-bonnington-linn-r1136211, accessed 24 April 2024.