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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ben A'an From Across Loch Katrine 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ben A'an From Across Loch Katrine’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Verso:
Ben A’an From Across Loch Katrine 1831
D26521
Turner Bequest CCLXX 43a
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 201 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Ben A’an and the northern shore of Loch Katrine with Ellen’s Island (Eilean Molach) and the promontory of Am Priosan from across the loch is one of five similar studies in the Stirling and West sketchbook (folios 42 verso–44 verso; D26519–D26525). For more information about Turner’s visit to and sketches of Loch Katrine see folio 47 (D26528).

Thomas Ardill
October 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ben A’an From Across 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-ben-aan-from-across-loch-katrine-r1134955, accessed 24 April 2024.