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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Rhymer's Glen, Abbotsford 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rhymer's Glen, Abbotsford’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Rhymer’s Glen, Abbotsford 1831
D25937
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 6
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 185 x 113 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘6’ top left running vertically and ‘271’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVII – 6’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the left Turner drew a view of Rhymer’s Glen with the bridge and two figures standing to the left of it. These are Mrs Lockhart and Miss Scott who accompanied Turner to the glen on 7 August 1831. There is a similar view of the bridge on folio 5 verso (D25936; CCLXVII 5a). See folio 4 verso of the present book (D25934; CCLXVII 4a) for more information. Turner returned to the area in 1834 and made a sketch of the bridge in the Edinburgh sketchbook: Tate D26195 (Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 51a).
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Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Rhymer’s Glen, Abbotsford 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-rhymers-glen-abbotsford-r1134307, accessed 18 May 2024.