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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Traquair House, Innerleithen 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Traquair House, Innerleithen’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
?Traquair House, Innerleithen 1834
D26123
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 15a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch falls between views made around Innerleithen and Traquair House. The hills in the background can be identified as Cardrona Hill and Wallace’s Hill to the west of Innerleithen. This is therefore likely to be a sketch of Traquair House as seen from the road to the east, with the Quair Water in the foreground. More certain sketches of Traquair House are on folios 16 verso and 17 verso (D26125, D26127). The sun can be seen at the top right of the sketch, indicating that this was made in the late afternoon.

Thomas Ardill
December 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Traquair House, Innerleithen 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-traquair-house-innerleithen-r1136051, accessed 21 November 2024.