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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Eildon Hills and Melrose Vale 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Eildon Hills and Melrose Vale’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Verso:
Eildon Hills and Melrose Vale 1831
D26061
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 76a
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 75 (D26062; CCLXVII 77) is a view of the Eildon Hills (folio 75) and Melrose Vale from the road to the east. For another view of Melrose see folios 14 verso–15 (D25953–D25954; CCLXVII 14a–15). Turner made this sketch on his journey between Dryburgh Abbey and Melrose on 8 August 1831.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Eildon Hills and Melrose Vale 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-eildon-hills-and-melrose-vale-r1134429, accessed 26 April 2024.