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Turner, Ossian and the Royal Academy

07/2022 | 1432 | 164

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Author:

MacDonald, Murdo (MacDonald, Murdo)

Subjects

artists:

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

dates:

1800-1809

museums and institutions:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain

places:

Scotland

subjects:

British art / Ossianic / Landscapes (visual works)

subjects:

Exhibitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Ben Lomond Mountains, Scotland: The Traveller – Vide Ossian’s War of Caros, by J.M.W. Turner. 1802. Oil on canvas, 64.1 by 98.8 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

2. Detail of Fig.1, showing Hidallan and Lamor.

Attributed works:

3. Rubha Mor with Ben Lomond in the background (formerly A wooded bay with mountains beyond; perhaps Loch Lomond at Inveruglas), by J.M.W. Turner. 1801. Chalk, graphite and watercolour on paper, 29.5 by 43 cm. (Tate; DO3426; Turner Bequest LVIII 47).

Attributed works:

4. Dolbadern Castle, North Wales, by J.M.W. Turner. 1800. Oil on canvas, 119.4 by 90.2 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).

Attributed works:

5. Thomson’s Aeolian Harp, by J.M.W. Turner. 1809. Oil on canvas. 166.7 by 306 cm. (Manchester Art Gallery).

Attributed works:

6. Staffa, Fingal’s Cave, by J.M.W. Turner. 1831 to 1832. Oil on canvas, 95.1 by 122 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection).

Attributed works:

7. Glencoe, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1833. Watercolour, 9.4 by 14.3 cm. (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design).

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