Joseph Mallord William Turner

Mountains, Cumbria

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 114 × 187 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D25806
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 23 a

Catalogue entry

The subject of this sketch has not been identified, although a tentative suggestion is that it depicts a view towards Bassenthwaite from near Keswick. This is because the the hill at the left resembles the western shoulder of Skiddaw as seen from this point looking north. The lake itself cannot be seen in this sketch, but part of it may be visible in a sketch on folio 24 (D25807) which may be from nearby.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

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