低音岩石的轮廓

The inside front cover of this sketchbook has been left empty apart from a small, faint drawing in the top left corner of the outline of Bass Rock as seen from the shore. Turner made dozens of sketches of the island throughout the three 1818 Scottish tour sketchbooks (see Tour of Scotland 1818 Tour Introduction), some exploring its shape from different positions on land and sea, but many from this angle. It was as if he were carrying out an exercise to engrave its distinctive shape on his memory.

Thomas Ardill

February 2008 Read full