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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner East End of Loch Katrine 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘East End of Loch Katrine’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
East End of Loch Katrine 1831
D26518
Turner Bequest CCLXX 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 201 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘42’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 42’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The rock at the left of this sketch is also depicted on folios 27 and 27 verso (D26488, D26489), making this a view looking west from the east end of Loch Katrine. For more information on Turner’s visit to Loch Katrine and references to the sketches he made of it, see folio 47 (D26528).

Thomas Ardill
October 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘East End of Loch Katrine 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-east-end-of-loch-katrine-r1134952, accessed 26 April 2024.