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 Rhymer's Glen, Abbotsford 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rhymer's Glen, Abbotsford’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
Rhymer’s Glen, Abbotsford 1834
D26206
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 57
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘57’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 57’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is Turner’s last sketch of Rhymer’s Glen, a spot on the estate of Sir Walter Scott. The same tree-lined bank and narrow burn are depicted on folio 56 verso (D26205). For more information on Turner’s visit to Rhymer’s Glen in 1834 and the many sketches he made, see folio 50 verso (D26193).
There is a small yellow stain at the centre of the page.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Rhymer’s Glen, Abbotsford 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-rhymers-glen-abbotsford-r1136134, accessed 18 September 2024.