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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Tantallon Castle Seen from Below 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tantallon Castle Seen from Below’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 58 Recto:
Tantallon Castle Seen from Below 1801
D02696
Turner Bequest LIV 58
Pencil with scraping-out on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 164 x 115 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘58’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIV 58’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned vertically, this is one of a series of views of Tantallon between folios 56 verso and 60 recto (D02693–D02700).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Tantallon Castle Seen from Below 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-tantallon-castle-seen-from-below-r1178882, accessed 30 June 2024.