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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Elterwater and Langdale 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Elterwater and Langdale’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
Elterwater and Langdale 1797
D01038
Turner Bequest XXXV 36
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Langdale’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 36’ bottom left, descending vertically
It seems likely that Turner took in Elterwater on his excursion from Grasmere to Rydal – see folios 46 recto, 47 recto, 48 recto and 65 recto (Tate D01035, D01089, D01036, D01052; Turner Bequest XXXV 33, 87, 34, 50) – although Hill suggests that this constituted a separate trip. If so, it is odd that only this one drawing resulted from it. The view, made with the page turned horizontally, is taken from Loughrigg on the road from Grasmere, looking south across Elterwater towards Langdale with its river, the Brathay flowing down from the Coniston Fells, invisible under cloud in the distance. In the right foreground are a logging cart and a sawpit, which is in use.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘141.36’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Elterwater and Langdale 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-elterwater-and-langdale-r1150214, accessed 26 April 2024.