Joseph Mallord William Turner

Loch Ness

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Fort Augustus Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 150 × 180 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D26990
Turner Bequest CCLXXVI 15

Catalogue entry

The shoreline depicted in this sketch is recognisable as Loch Ness looking north from near Fort Augustus (see for example the sketch inscribed ‘Loch Ness’ on folio 16 verso; D26993). At the top right of this page is a smaller sketch showing the eastern shore (as seen at the right of the larger sketch) in more detail. For references to Turner’s sketches of Loch Ness see folio 18 verso (D26997).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

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