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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Glencoe 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Glencoe’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Glencoe 1831
D26789
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 25
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘25’ bottom right vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIII 25’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view looks east along Glencoe, from the track that runs from the Bridge of Coe at Glencoe around the western slopes of the mountain to the glen. Straight ahead is the Notched Ridge (Aonach Eagach) at the north of the glen. The small building in the middle distance at the centre of the sketch has been identified as an inn that once stood to the south of the track, and which is also included in the sketch on folio 37 (D26811).1 See folio 2 (D26750) for information about Turner’s visit to Glencoe and references to the other sketches he made on the occasion.
At the top right of the page is the slight continuation of a sketch of the Isle of Staffa on folio 24 verso (D26788).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

1
David Wallace-Hadrill and Janet Carolan, ‘Turner’s Journey from Oban to Inverness, 1831’, [circa 1991], Tate catalogue files, [folios 5–6].

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Glencoe 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-glencoe-r1135147, accessed 22 September 2024.