J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Edinburgh, 1818, Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dalkeith 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dalkeith’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Recto:
Dalkeith 1818
D13585
Turner Bequest CLXVI 70
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 112 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Dalkeith’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘CLXVI 70’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This distance view of ‘Dalkeith’ is framed at the right by two Italianate trees which also act to lead the eye into the distance. The spire of Dalkeith Church is positioned in the very centre of the picture, with the rooftop of what may be Dalkeith Palace on the right – making this a view from the east.
With the page inverted Turner has drawn a rough outline of the church spire and there continues from folio 69 verso (D13584) a sketch of an arched bridge which is similar to a sketch on folios 67 verso–68; (D13580–D13581).

Thomas Ardill
January 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dalkeith 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dalkeith-r1132130, accessed 30 April 2025.