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 22 Recto:
Derwentwater Panorama From the East 1831
D25803
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 22
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘22’ top right and ‘342’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVI 22’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 21 verso (D25802) is a panoramic view of Derwentwater from the east. Catbells fell to the west of the lake is at the centre of the sketch where the two pages meet, with Lords Island beneath at the left of the current page. The peak of Blencathra can be seen in the distance towards the right of the page.
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-r1134170, accessed 25 April 2024.