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

David Wallace-Hadrill and Janet Carolan have identified this sketch as a view south down Loch Ness from Bona Ferry at the northern end of the loch.1 While this is certainly a plausible suggestion in terms of topography, it seems very unlikely that, having arrived at Inverness (where he purchased this sketchbook) after travelling up the length of Loch Ness, Turner would have retraced his steps for six miles back to the head of the loch just to make this sketch. This is therefore more likely to be a view along the Moray or Beauly Firth, with a boat tied up at a jetty.