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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Notched Ridge, Glencoe 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Notched Ridge, Glencoe’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
The Notched Ridge, Glencoe 1831
D26805
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 34
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘34’ top left running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIII 34’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The mountain called the Notched Ridge (Aonach Eagach) at the north of Glencoe is seen here from the road than runs through the Glen. Looking east towards the mountain Turner has indicated with a zigzag line and the letter ‘w’ (for water) where a stream runs down the mountain and joins the River Coe in the foreground.
For references to further sketches of Glencoe and more information about Turner’s visit to the area see folio 2 (D26750).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘The Notched Ridge, 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-the-notched-ridge-glencoe-r1135163, accessed 26 April 2024.