Thomas Campbell wrote ‘Lord Ullin's Daughter’ while working as a tutor in Lochgilphead. In 1795 he visited Mull where he made his first draft of the poem, which he later reworked and eventually published in 1809. The poem recounts the fateful elopement of the young ‘chief of Ulva's isle’ and his ‘bonny bride’, Lord Ullin's daughter. Turner’s illustration shows the couple desperately calling to the ferryman who will row them across the seething waters of Loch Gyle, or Loch na Keal, which separates Gribun on Mull from Ulva to the north. Lord Ullin appears in pursuit at the summit of the cliff. As the eloping pair escape the boat capsizes, witnessed by Lord Ullin who is left to lament his anger.