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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Scotch Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mountains at the Head of Loch Awe 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mountains at the Head of Loch Awe’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Verso:
Mountains at the Head of Loch Awe 1801
D03001
Turner Bequest LVI 45a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ditto =’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. The inscription probably refers to that on folio 46 verso (D02999; Turner Bequest LVI 44a).
Technical notes:
There is a 10 mm tear at the centre of the outer edge.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Mountains at the Head of Loch Awe 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-mountains-at-the-head-of-loch-awe-r1179196, accessed 26 April 2024.