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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inverness from Castle Hill, Looking South 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inverness from Castle Hill, Looking South’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
Inverness from Castle Hill, Looking South 1831
D27050
Turner Bequest CCLXXVII 4
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 104 x 163 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘4’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVII 4’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From the top of Castle Hill in Inverness, this view looks south along the River Ness as its winds through the city towards Loch Ness. The hill to the right is Tomnahurich Hill, where Inverness cemetery is situated. There is a view to the north from the same vantage point on folio 3 verso (D27049).
For further information on Turner’s sketches of Inverness see folio 2 (D27047).

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Inverness from Castle Hill, Looking South 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-inverness-from-castle-hill-looking-south-r1135416, accessed 26 April 2024.