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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Mountain Ridge with Trees in the Foreground 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Mountain Ridge with Trees in the Foreground’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
A Mountain Ridge with Trees in the Foreground 1801
D03333
Turner Bequest LVII 29
Pencil on white cartridge paper prepared with a violet ground, 149 x 118 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘29’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVII – 29’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a slight continuation of the drawing on folio 28 verso opposite (D03332). There appear to be rain spots on this opening, which may explain why Turner’s notes during this stage of his journey, along Loch Tay from Killin to Kenmore at the eastern end of the loch, are scrappy. He made further drawings of Loch Tay in the 1801 Scotch Lakes sketchbook (Tate D03080–D03091; Turner Bequest LVI 85a–91), and at least one of these (Tate D03088–D03089; Turner Bequest LVI 89a–90) shows heavy rainclouds.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Mountain Ridge with Trees in the Foreground 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-a-mountain-ridge-with-trees-in-the-foreground-r1179531, accessed 25 April 2024.