Joseph Mallord William Turner

River or Loch, with Boats and Mountains - River Tay

1834

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Loch Ard Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 119 × 184 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D26720
Turner Bequest CCLXXII 29

Catalogue entry

This sketch depicts shipping on a river with mountains on the far shore. It appears on the back of a page with a sketch made on the River Tay near Kinfauns Castle, which includes a boat on its continuing page (folios 28 verso–29; D26723, D26721; CCLXXII 30a, 29a). It is therefore likely that the four or five boats seen here are also on the River Tay.

Thomas Ardill
February 2011

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