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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Continuation of The Royal Squadron in Leith Roads 1822

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Continuation of The Royal Squadron in Leith Roads’ 1822
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Verso:
Continuation of The Royal Squadron in Leith Roads 1822
D17639
Turner Bequest CC 75a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Blindstamped with the Turner Bequest stamp bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted and continuing from folio 76 (D17640) is a view of part of the harbour at Leith as seen from the east. The marks are very few but the square shape at the right may be the Martello tower which was once surrounded by water but has now been subsumed into the extended Leith docks.

Thomas Ardill
September 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Continuation of The Royal Squadron in Leith Roads 1822 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-continuation-of-the-royal-squadron-in-leith-roads-r1132980, accessed 26 April 2024.