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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Trossachs and the Western End of Loch Achray 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Trossachs and the Western End of Loch Achray’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
The Trossachs and the Western End of Loch Achray 1831
D26548
Turner Bequest CCLXX 57
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 201 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘57’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 57’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With what looks like a sandy bay in the foreground and tree-covered hills behind, this is likely to be a view of the northern end of Loch Achray as seen from the western end. Turner made a number of sketches of this area, known as the Trossachs; see folio 49 (D26532) for references.

Thomas Ardill
June 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘The Trossachs and the Western End of Loch Achray 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, 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-trossachs-and-the-western-end-of-loch-achray-r1134982, accessed 25 April 2024.