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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Loch Katrine From Above Stronachlachar 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Loch Katrine From Above Stronachlachar’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Verso:
Loch Katrine From Above Stronachlachar 1831
D26479
Turner Bequest CCLXX 22a
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 201 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Loch K’ centre, ‘B V’ right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Having sketched his first glimpse of Loch Katrine as seen from the east end of Loch Arklet on folio 22 (D26478), Turner continued on the path towards Stronachlachar, making this sketch of the loch and surrounding hills with the promontory at the north of Stronachlachar. The loch is inscribed ‘Loch K’, and Ben Venue at the right is labelled ‘B V’.
For more information about Turner’s visit to Loch Katrine and references to further sketches of it, see folio 47 (D26528).

Thomas Ardill
October 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Loch Katrine From Above Stronachlachar 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-loch-katrine-from-above-stronachlachar-r1134913, accessed 24 April 2024.