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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Tobermory Harbour from the Hill Above the Town 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tobermory Harbour from the Hill Above the Town’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Verso:
Tobermory Harbour from the Hill Above the Town 1831
D26824
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 43a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made from the hill above Tobermory Harbour to the south, this sketch shows buildings on the hillside and looks north-east across Tobermory Bay and the Sound of Mull to Calve Island and the coast of Morvern. Tobermory Harbour itself is not included in the sketch, though it can be seen in a very similar sketch on folio 44 (D26825). Turner made a number of views of Tobermory from this point; see folio 1 verso (D26749).

Thomas Ardill
March 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Tobermory Harbour from the Hill Above the Town 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2010, 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-tobermory-harbour-from-the-hill-above-the-town-r1135182, accessed 06 April 2026.