Joseph Mallord William Turner

Ashestiel From Across the River Tweed

c.1831

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In Tate Britain

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Abbotsford Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 113 × 185 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D26087
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 89 a

Catalogue entry

With the sketchbook inverted is the continuation of a sketch of Ashestiel from the opposite bank of the River Tweed (see folio 88; D26089; CCLXVII 90). On the present page can be seen the wooded banks of the Tweed with Ashestiel Farm and Middle Hill.
See folio 88 for more information and references to other sketches of Ashestiel.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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