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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Falls of Foyers and Loch Ness from Mr Fraser's Bridge 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Falls of Foyers and Loch Ness from Mr Fraser's Bridge’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
The Falls of Foyers and Loch Ness from Mr Fraser’s Bridge 1831
D27039
Turner Bequest CCLXXVI 43
Pencil on off-white laid writing paper, 183 x 150 mm irregular
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘43’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVI’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 42 verso (D27038), this sketch shows a view from the bridge above the Falls of Foyers. The parapet of the bridge is drawn faintly as two parallel diagonal lines at the bottom of the page, and the River Foyers can be seen between slender trees at the centre of the present page where it flows into Loch Ness. Turner made a number of sketches from this vantage point (folios 41 verso–43; D27036–D27039), and just over twenty sketches in total during his visit to Foyers (see folio 40 verso; D27034 for details).
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Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘The Falls of Foyers and Loch Ness from Mr Fraser’s Bridge 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-falls-of-foyers-and-loch-ness-from-mr-frasers-bridge-r1135404, accessed 09 May 2024.