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 Bonshaw Tower near Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire, with the Solway Firth in the Distance 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bonshaw Tower near Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire, with the Solway Firth in the Distance’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 176 Recto:
Bonshaw Tower near Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire, with the Solway Firth in the Distance 1801
D03254
Turner Bequest LVI 174
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 ‘174’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 174’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 175 verso opposite (D03253; Turner Bequest LVI 173a), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
An adventitious charcoal mark at the top left is offset from folio 175 verso opposite (D03253; Turner Bequest LVI 173a).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bonshaw Tower near Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire, with the Solway Firth in the Distance 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-bonshaw-tower-near-kirtlebridge-dumfriesshire-with-the-r1179450, accessed 25 April 2024.