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 Lochhouse Tower, outside Moffat, from the East 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lochhouse Tower, outside Moffat, from the East’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 174 Recto:
Lochhouse Tower, outside Moffat, from the East 1801
D03250
Turner Bequest LVI 172
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Remains of Castle of Auchincass | near Moffat’ bottom left and ‘Regent Murray’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘172’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 172’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 173 verso opposite (D03249; Turner Bequest LVI 171a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lochhouse Tower, outside Moffat, from the East 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-lochhouse-tower-outside-moffat-from-the-east-r1179446, accessed 25 April 2024.