J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Falls of Clyde from near Bonnington Linn 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Falls of Clyde from near Bonnington Linn’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Falls of Clyde from near Bonnington Linn 1834
D26275
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 9
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘9’ top right and ‘340’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Falling in the sketchbook between views of Bonnington Linn this sketch is probably a view of the River Clyde from near the top of the Bonnington waterfall. For further sketches of the Falls of Clyde see folio 1 verso (D26260).

Thomas Ardill
February 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Falls of Clyde from near Bonnington Linn 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-falls-of-clyde-from-near-bonnington-linn-r1136205, accessed 04 November 2025.