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 Lochhouse Tower Seen among Trees 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lochhouse Tower Seen among Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 174 Verso:
Lochhouse Tower Seen among Trees 1801
D03251
Turner Bequest LVI 172a
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is continued on folio 175 recto opposite (D03252; Turner Bequest LVI 173). Another drawing of Lochhouse is on folios 173 verso–174 recto (D03249–D03250; Turner Bequest LVI 171a–172), and the subject is discussed under D03249.
Technical notes:
A leaf was torn out between here and folio 175 recto opposite (D03252; Turner Bequest LVI 173), evidently by Turner and before he made the drawing that spans the two pages.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lochhouse Tower Seen among Trees 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-lochhouse-tower-seen-among-trees-r1179447, accessed 24 April 2024.