Farington (Joseph, diarist and topographical artist, 1747-1821) An album of 45 sketches in Scotland, including views of Getna Green, Dumfries, Armisfield House, Loch House, Rae Hill, Bothwell Castle, Tolboth at Glasgow, and Dumbarton, among other locations, pencil, a few with monochrome wash, many signed and dated between '1788' and '1801' but most '1792', many with annotations and artists' notes, various sizes between 165 x 120 mm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in) and 255 x 155 mm (10 x 6 1/8 in), all neatly inset onto album leaves with ruled wash borders, some spotting and browning, occasional minor surface dirt, half calf, marbled boards, very rubbed and scuffed, worn, 4to, [c. 1788-1801]*** Farington undertook several tours of Scotland, including one in 1788, with the resulting compiled sketchbook from this tour now held in the Royal Collection [see RCIN 1145483]. While the majority of the drawings in the present album are dated 1792, some are slightly later and may include artworks from Farington's tour of 1802. On his return from this latter tour, Farington met with J.M.W. Turner for tea, where both men discussed Scotland; Farington noted that Turner '[...] shewed me his sketches made in Scotland. - Those made with Black Lead Pencil on white paper tinted with India Ink and Tobacco water and touched with liquid white of his own preparing, are much approved. - Turner thinks Scotland a more picturesque country to study in than Wales. The lines of the Mountains are finer, and the rocks of larger masses'. [The Diary of Joseph Farington, 1793-1821]