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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The North-East of Loch Katrine With Ben A'an 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The North-East of Loch Katrine With Ben A'an’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
The North-East of Loch Katrine With Ben A’an 1831
D26522
Turner Bequest CCLXX 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 201 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘44’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 44’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Loch Katrine looks east from the bay near coir nan Uriskin at the foot of Ben Venue on the southern shore. At the left of the sketch is the profile of the summit of Ben A’an with part of Ellen’s Island (Eilean Molach) below. Around the centre is the promontory of Am Priosan, which looks like an island in the sketch. At the right is the northern slope of Craig Leven, a hill at the east end of the loch. There are further sketches of Ben A’an from a similar position on 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, ‘The North-East of Loch Katrine With Ben A’an 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-the-north-east-of-loch-katrine-with-ben-aan-r1134956, accessed 19 September 2024.