The view of Inverness was engraved as the front-piece to Scott's 'Tales of a Grandfather', published in 1836. Turner was reluctant to travel to Scotland and managed to upset Scott while there.
Provenance
H.A.J.Munro; sale Christie's, 1878; C.W.Wheeley Lea; Mrs Wheeley Lea, sale Christie's 1917; bought by James King; Frank Gaskell; by descent to Mrs Joan Gaskell; Sotheby's 1992.