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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Rocks and Sea, with the Ruins of Dunbar Castle 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rocks and Sea, with the Ruins of Dunbar Castle’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Recto:
Rocks and Sea, with the Ruins of Dunbar Castle 1801
D02712
Turner Bequest LIV 66
Pencil with scraping-out on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘66’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LIV 66’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 65 verso opposite (D02711).
Verso:
Blank; washed with a mauve-pink ground; stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left. There may be a very slight continuation from the pencil drawing on folio 67 recto opposite (D02713).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Rocks and Sea, with the Ruins of Dunbar Castle 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-rocks-and-sea-with-the-ruins-of-dunbar-castle-r1178898, accessed 30 June 2024.