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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Banks of the Tilt at Blair Atholl 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Banks of the Tilt at Blair Atholl’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 120 Recto:
The Banks of the Tilt at Blair Atholl 1801
D03144
Turner Bequest LVI 118
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blair Athol’ bottom left, descending vertically
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘118’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 118’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the subject on folio 119 verso opposite (D03143; Turner Bequest LVI 117a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Banks of the Tilt at Blair Atholl 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-the-banks-of-the-tilt-at-blair-atholl-r1179339, accessed 19 April 2024.