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 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tantallon Castle’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Tantallon Castle 1818
D13604
Turner Bequest CLXVII 10a
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 12 (D13605; CLXVII 11) which shows the south side of Tantallon Castle in some detail, this page contains just a few light lines and shapes which presumably mark the cliff-edge on the headland upon which the castle stands.

Thomas Ardill
February 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Tantallon Castle 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-r1132152, accessed 22 November 2024.