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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > The 'Scottish Pencils' > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cruachan Arain and Ben A'an, with Ben More from near Tyndrum 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cruachan Arain and Ben A'an, with Ben More from near Tyndrum’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Cruachan Arain and Ben A’an, with Ben More from near Tyndrum 1801
D03396
Turner Bequest LVIII 17
Pencil and gouache on white wove paper prepared with a grey–buff wash, 343 x 481 mm
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LVIII – 17’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg noted,1 this is based on a drawing in the 1801 Scotch Lakes sketchbook (Tate D03039–D03040; Turner Bequest LVI 64a–65).
1
See Finberg 1909, I, p.155.
Technical notes:
There are gouache smears at the right.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Cruachan Arain and Ben A’an, with Ben More from near Tyndrum 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-cruachan-arain-and-ben-aan-with-ben-more-from-near-tyndrum-r1179793, accessed 23 November 2024.