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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Scotch Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Loch Dochart and Castle Dochart from the South-East 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Loch Dochart and Castle Dochart from the South-East’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Verso:
Loch Dochart and Castle Dochart from the South-East 1801
D03057
Turner Bequest LVI 73a
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘C Wi | 17’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 76 recto opposite (D03058; Turner Bequest LVI 74). The ruins of Castle Dochart stand among trees on a small island in Loch Dochart; dating from 1590, the castle is one of many built by Colin Campbell in the Highland region of Breadalbane.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Loch Dochart and Castle Dochart from the South-East 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-loch-dochart-and-castle-dochart-from-the-south-east-r1179252, accessed 25 April 2024.