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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Scotch Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ben More Seen across Glen Dochart 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ben More Seen across Glen Dochart’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 85 Recto:
Ben More Seen across Glen Dochart 1801
D03076
Turner Bequest LVI 83
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘mott | 97’
Inscribed by Turner bottom right ‘Ben More’ in pencil
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘83’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 83’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the sketch on folio 84 verso opposite (D03075; Turner Bequest LVI 82a). The subject appears to be continued again on folio 86 recto (D03077; Turner Bequest LVI 84).
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ben More Seen across Glen Dochart 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-ben-more-seen-across-glen-dochart-r1179271, accessed 23 April 2024.