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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Scotch Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mountains and ?the River Tummel 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mountains and ?the River Tummel’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 111 Recto:
Mountains and ?the River Tummel 1801
D03127
Turner Bequest LVI 109
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘C Wi | 17’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘109’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 109’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 110 verso opposite (D03126; Turner Bequest LVI 108a).
The context of this view in the sketchbook suggests that it shows a panorama of mountains between Loch Kinardochy and Tummel Bridge, but the exact location and direction are not certain.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Mountains and ?the River Tummel 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-mountains-and-the-river-tummel-r1179322, accessed 27 April 2024.