By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
Engraved by Miller after Turner. ( The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott. Rawlinson 549. Wilton 1126.)
In The Elements of Drawing (1857), Ruskin recommends careful study of this engraving ( Works, 15.76).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Glencoe c.1833
Watercolour, 9.4x14.3cm
Engraving:
Engraved by W. Miller, 1836
Steel engraving, 8.7x14.3cm
Engraved for Scott's 'Prose Works', 1834-6
Provenance: H.A.J. Munro of Novar, sale Christie's 6/4/1878 (72), bt. Durlacher; Francis Stevenson; Mrs Gustav Radekev, who gave it to the School of Design, 1972
Further Comments: This image was published as the frontispiece to volume 25 of the Prose Works, 1836, 'Tales of a Grandfather'.
Collection: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I., USA