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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Derwentwater 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Derwentwater’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
Derwentwater 1831
D25579
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 29
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘29’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 29’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 28 verso (D25578) with the sketchbook inverted is a view of Derwentwater from near Friars Crag. There are three boats at anchor on the present page and what is probably a boat-house at the bottom right of the page. Beyond the lake are the distinctive notch-shape of Eagle Crag and the other hills of the Borrowdale Fells.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Derwentwater 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-derwentwater-r1133939, accessed 23 September 2024.