Joseph Mallord William Turner

Rhymer’s Glen, Abbotsford

1834

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Edinburgh Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 111 x 181 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D26192
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 50

Catalogue entry

This sketch has been identified by David Wallace-Hadrill as depicting the bridge over Rhymer’s Glen on the Abbotsford estate.1 It is seen from below in several sketches, such as the one on folio 51 verso (D26195). The inscription at the bottom of the page is therefore likely to say ‘Glen’ as in folio 55 verso (D26203).

For references to further sketches of the glen and more information on Turner’s visit, see folio 50 verso (D26193).

There are light brown stains across the top right of this page, at the right and at the bottom.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

David Wallace-Hadrill, ‘‘CCLXVIII “Edinburgh” 1831–34’, [circa 1991], Tate catalogue files.

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