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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Skiddaw from Keswick 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Skiddaw from Keswick’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Verso:
?Skiddaw from Keswick 1831
D25574
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 26a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This double page sketch of a mountain may be Skiddaw as seen from Keswick. Lake Bassenthwaite appears at the top left with Binsey standing against the horizon in the distance. Most of Skiddaw is shown on folio 27 (D25575) where this sketch continues.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Skiddaw from Keswick 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-skiddaw-from-keswick-r1133934, accessed 26 April 2024.