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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Gala Hill, Galashiels 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gala Hill, Galashiels’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 59 Recto:
Gala Hill, Galashiels 1834
D26210
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 59
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘59’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 59’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Looking south across the Gala Water with the northern bank in the foreground, this sketch depicts Gala Hill to the south of the Scottish Border town of Galashiels. The sun above the hill indicates that it is midday or early afternoon. There is another sketch of the hill opposite in the sketchbook on folio 58 verso (D26209).
There is an oval brown stain in the top left corner of this page and a pale brown mark across the right of the page.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Gala Hill, Galashiels 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-gala-hill-galashiels-r1136138, accessed 26 April 2024.