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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket 1801
D02900
Turner Bequest LV 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 127 x 195 mm
Partial watermark ‘lgar | 94’
Stamped in black ‘LV – 61’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 60 verso opposite (D02899).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-edinburgh-castle-from-the-grassmarket-r1179090, accessed 30 June 2024.