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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Yarrow Water, Selkirkshire 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yarrow Water, Selkirkshire’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
Yarrow Water, Selkirkshire 1834
D26158
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘E. Hogg’ lower left
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘33’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 33’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight and rapid sketch probably depicts the Yarrow Water near the village of Yarrow in Selkirkshire. It is one of several sketches that Turner made on his journey between St Mary’s Loch and Selkirk: folios 29 verso–40 (D26151–D26172). At the right of the sketch, on the twisting bank of the Yarrow, is the suggestion of a building.
The sketch appears to be inscribed ‘E Hogg’, though Turner is likely to have been referring to the writer James Hogg, who is associated with the area. Turner may have sketched Hogg’s house nearby on folio 26 verso (D26145) where the inscription ‘Hogg’ appears again.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Yarrow Water, Selkirkshire 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2011, 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-yarrow-water-selkirkshire-r1136086, accessed 18 September 2024.