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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View of Edinburgh from the East, with the Ruins of St Anthony's Chapel in the Foreground 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of Edinburgh from the East, with the Ruins of St Anthony's Chapel in the Foreground’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
View of Edinburgh from the East, with the Ruins of St Anthony’s Chapel in the Foreground 1801
D02817
Turner Bequest LV 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 127 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LV – 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 4 verso opposite (D02816), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View of Edinburgh from the East, with the Ruins of St Anthony’s Chapel in the Foreground 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-view-of-edinburgh-from-the-east-with-the-ruins-of-st-r1179007, accessed 17 July 2024.