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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Scafell Pike 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Scafell Pike’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
?Scafell Pike 1801
D05108
Turner Bequest LXXXII 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘28’ bottom right, descending vertically
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 31’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. For the context of the subject, see under folio 27 recto (D05104). A tentative identification as Scafell Pike, which Turner might have seen from the Honister Pass, south of Derwentwater, would argue for an implausibly indirect route for his journey south from Penrith to Windermere. It has been suggested that the drawing on folio 32 recto (D05109), shows Helvellyn from Patterdale, which would suggest a more easterly route along Ullswater and down to Ambleside; see folio 29 recto (D05106).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Scafell Pike 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-scafell-pike-r1178677, accessed 26 April 2024.