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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The Pass of Glen Croe 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Pass of Glen Croe’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
?The Pass of Glen Croe
D03299
Turner Bequest LVII 12
Pencil on white cartridge paper prepared with a buff–grey ground, 118 x 149 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LVII – 12’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. It was possibly used for the 1819 Liber Studiorum engraving Ben Arthur (Tate impressions: A01144, A01145). For the general setting, see under folio 4 verso (D03284).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?The Pass of Glen Croe 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-pass-of-glen-croe-r1179497, accessed 26 April 2024.