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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Dunbar Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunbar Castle 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunbar Castle’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Recto:
Dunbar Castle 1801
D02706
Turner Bequest LIV 63
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 ‘63’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LIV 63’ 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 62 verso opposite (D02705).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘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-dunbar-castle-r1178892, accessed 30 June 2024.