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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Callander from the East with the Parish Church and Ben Ledi Beyond 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Callander from the East with the Parish Church and Ben Ledi Beyond’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
Callander from the East with the Parish Church and Ben Ledi Beyond 1834
D26706
Turner Bequest CCLXXII 22
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 116 x 184 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘22’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXII 22’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 19 (D26705; CCLXXII 21a) is a panoramic sketch of Callander, nestled in the valley beneath the mighty Ben Ledi to the west and a ridge of hills to the south. Some of the houses of the town are indicated on the present page by a series of rough squares, and the old Parish Church is drawn more clearly on folio 19.
For further views of Callander, Ben Ledi and nearby sites, see folio 33 (D26741; CCLXXII 39a).

Thomas Ardill
November 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Callander from the East with the Parish Church and Ben Ledi Beyond 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2010, 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-callander-from-the-east-with-the-parish-church-and-ben-ledi-r1136402, accessed 19 January 2025.