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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Tobermory from Eas Brae 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tobermory from Eas Brae’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Verso:
Tobermory from Eas Brae 1831
D26830
Turner Bequest CCLXXIII 46a
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From the point where Eas Brae becomes Main Street, this view looks north-east along Tobermory Bay to the harbour at its north end. Turner’s sketch takes in the hill to the west of the town from where he made several of his sketches of Tobermory (see folio 1 verso; D26749), and at the bottom of the slope of Eas Brae is the arch of the bridge under which the Tobermory River flows out into the Sound of Mull. Calligraphic marks at the right of the picture probably represent people walking towards the bay, and the masts of several boats can be seen alongside the harbour pier. A sketch on folio 47 (D26831) brings us closer to the pier.
For more information about Turner’s time in Tobermory and references to further sketches see folio 1 verso (D26749).

Thomas Ardill
March 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Tobermory from Eas Brae 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-tobermory-from-eas-brae-r1135188, accessed 26 April 2024.