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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1831 > Fort Augustus Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Loch Eil 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Loch Eil’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Verso:
?Loch Eil 1831
D26979
Turner Bequest CCLXXVI 9a
Pencil on off-white laid writing paper, 150 x 184 mm irregular
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[...]land’ and ‘Loch Eil’ upper centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch drawn parallel with the fore-edge of the page is one of three in this book that may be inscribed ‘Loch Eil’ (see also folios 7 verso and 8 verso; D26975, D26977). If this is indeed a view of Loch Eil then it is most likely to have been made from around Fort William or Corpach. The second sketch, drawn beneath the first with the sketchbook inverted, may also be of Loch Eil, though neither has been firmly identified.

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Loch Eil 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-loch-eil-r1135344, accessed 25 November 2024.