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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Derwentwater Panorama From the East 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Derwentwater Panorama From the East’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Verso:
Derwentwater Panorama From the East 1831
D25802
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 21a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Road’ lower-centre left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This panoramic view across two pages (continuing on folio 22; D25803) depicts Derwentwater in the Lake District, and was made from the eastern shore of the lake near Lords Island. The island is in the centre of the sketch with Catbells Fell beyond it. At the left on the present page is the southern end of the lake, framed at the left by the shoulder of Castlerigg Fell with Falcon Crag. At the right is the distant peak of Blencathra.
There are further sketches of Derwentwater on folios 18 verso–22 (D25796–D25803).

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Derwentwater Panorama From the East 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-derwentwater-panorama-from-the-east-r1134169, accessed 26 April 2024.