Wolf's Hope, Eyemouth

c. 1835

Medium	watercolor and gouache over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. (10.5 x 16.5 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.115
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Wolf's Hope, Eyemouth, c. 1835, watercolor and gouache over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.115

Select Bibliography

Whitworth Art Gallery. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings by Deceased British Artists. Manchester: George Falkner and Sons, 1912. . The Gaskell Collection of Oil Paintings and Watercolour Drawings. Walker Art Center, Liverpool, March 6-April 5, 1926. . The Gaskell Collection of Paintings by Masters of English Landscape. Municipal Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 1951. . Turner in Scotland. Aberdeen Art Gallery, October-December 1982. Spink & Son. English Watercolours and Drawings. London: Spink & Son, 1993. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Finley, Gerald. Landscapes of Memory: Turner as Illustrator to Scott. London: Scholar Press, 1980. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

The artist, sold to John Ruskin; J. R. Williams, sale, Christie’s, London, 10 June 1865, no. 35, sold to Shaw; Matthew T. Shaw (1865–1880, sale, Christie’s, 20 Mar. 1880, no. 52, sold to Lloyd); Theodore Lloyd (1880–1911, sale, Christie’s, London, 4 Feb. 1911, no. 17, sold to King); James King (in 1911); Lt. Col. James B. Gaskell (by 1912–1926, sale, Christie’s, London, 30 Apr. 1926, no. 78, sold to King); James King (in 1926); Frank Gaskell; Joan Gaskell, his daughter, by descent, sale, Sotheby’s, London, 9 Apr. 1992, no. 56, sold to Spink; [Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1992–1993, no. K3 10353, sold to Manton, June 1993]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1993–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.