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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Head of Loch Awe and the Mountains of Glen Strae 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
The Head of Loch Awe and the Mountains of Glen Strae 1801
D02998
Turner Bequest LVI 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘C Wi | 17’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Loch Awe’ bottom centre
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below right of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘44’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 44’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folios 44 verso–45 recto (D02996–D02997; Turner Bequest LVI 42a–43).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Head of Loch Awe and the Mountains of Glen Strae 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-head-of-loch-awe-and-the-mountains-of-glen-strae-r1179193, accessed 29 March 2024.