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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Ben Lomond from Ben Arthur 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Ben Lomond from Ben Arthur’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
?Ben Lomond from Ben Arthur 1831
D26613
Turner Bequest CCLXX 90
Pencil on white wove paper, 201 x 125 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘90’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 90’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 89 verso (D26612) is a rough and faint sketch of mountains. It has been tentatively suggested that this depicts the view from the summit of Ben Arthur (the Cobbler) to Ben Lomond (see folio 89 for further details).

Thomas Ardill
June 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Ben Lomond from Ben Arthur 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-ben-lomond-from-ben-arthur-r1135047, accessed 11 May 2024.