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The largest sketch here, a view from a rocky hill across water to an island and the opposite shore, was the first that Turner made on this page. Although previously unidentified, the composition corresponds to a sequence of sketches in this book that show a view from the lower slopes of Ben A’an across Loch Katrine to Ben Venue with Ellen’s Island (
Eilean Molach). The most finished of these drawings on folio 47 (
D26528) formed the basis of Turner’s watercolour,
Loch Katrine circa 1832 (British Museum).
1The other two sketches on this page were made on a later occasion, probably during Turner’s return from Skye to Tobermory on Mull, and therefore depict a short sequence of views that may continue on folios 54 and 56 (
D26542,
D26546). The sketches are inscribed ‘Kyles of Skye’ and ‘Land of Kye’, which David Wallace-Hadrill and Janet Carolan have taken to be a reference to the Kyles of Rhea, down which Turner is likely to have steamed to reach Mull.
2 The sketch at the head of the page, drawn with the sketchbook turned to the left, shows a shoreline as seen from a boat. It has been suggested that this may be the coast of Kyle Rhea opposite Glenelg ferry pier.
3 At the fore-edge of the page, the sketch inscribed ‘Land of Kye’ shows houses, a bridge and a road. Wallace-Hadrill and Carolan suggest the Bernera Barracks overlooking Glenelg Bay as the location for this sketch.
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