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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Roslin Castle and Chapel 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Roslin Castle and Chapel’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 82 Recto:
Roslin Castle and Chapel 1818
D13720
Turner Bequest CLXVII 74
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink ‘74’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXVII 74’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch looks down into the Esk valley and at the north-east aspect of Roslin Castle with Roslin Chapel on higher ground to the right. The sketch demonstrates the strong strategic position of the castle perched on the edge of a promontory of the North Esk River.

Thomas Ardill
March 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Roslin Castle and Chapel 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-roslin-castle-and-chapel-r1132277, accessed 25 April 2024.