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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Edinburgh and Arthur's Seat from the Dean, with a Ruined Tower in the Foreground 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Edinburgh and Arthur's Seat from the Dean, with a Ruined Tower in the Foreground’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Verso:
Distant View of Edinburgh and Arthur’s Seat from the Dean, with a Ruined Tower in the Foreground 1801
D02880
Turner Bequest LV 48a
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 127 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 49 recto opposite (D02881). The tower seen here is apparently the same structure as that shown from a closer viewpoint on folios 49 verso–50 recto (D02882–D02883).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant View of Edinburgh and Arthur’s Seat from the Dean, with a Ruined Tower 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-distant-view-of-edinburgh-and-arthurs-seat-from-the-dean-r1179070, accessed 30 June 2024.