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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View of Edinburgh Castle ?from the West 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of Edinburgh Castle ?from the West’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Verso:
View of Edinburgh Castle ?from the West 1801
D02833
Turner Bequest LV 17a
Pencil on white wove paper, 127 x 195 mm
Partial watermark ‘17 | J Wh’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. The subject is apparently continued on folio 18 recto opposite (D02833). Compare folios 20 verso–21 recto (D02838–D02839).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View of Edinburgh Castle ?from the West 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-castle-from-the-west-r1179023, accessed 04 December 2024.