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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur's Seat Beyond and the Water of Leith in the Foreground 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur's Seat Beyond and the Water of Leith in the Foreground’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Verso:
Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur’s Seat Beyond and the Water of Leith in the Foreground 1801
D02873
Turner Bequest LV 43a
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 127 mm
Partial watermark ‘W E’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 44 recto opposite (D02874).
Technical notes:
The leaf has an irregular outer edge.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur’s Seat Beyond and the Water of Leith 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-edinburgh-castle-from-the-west-with-arthurs-seat-beyond-and-r1179063, accessed 30 June 2024.