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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Tantallon Castle and Seacliff House 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tantallon Castle and Seacliff House’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Verso:
Tantallon Castle and Seacliff House 1818
D13609
Turner Bequest CLXVII 13a
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘grey’ centre left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 15 (D13610; CLXVII 14) is a view of Tantallon Castle from Gin Head to the north, looking east along the coast towards St Baldred’s Boat (an outcrop of rocks), visible at the left of the page.

Thomas Ardill
February 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Tantallon Castle and Seacliff House 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-tantallon-castle-and-seacliff-house-r1132157, accessed 24 November 2024.