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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Continuation of Arthur's Seat from the South 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Continuation of Arthur's Seat from the South’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
Continuation of Arthur’s Seat from the South 1831
D25653
Turner Bequest CCLXV 6a
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The trees depicted on the right half of this page are continued from a sketch of Arthur’s Seat from across Duddingston Loch to the south on folio 7 (D25654). There is another sketch of the hill on folio 19 verso (D25675).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Continuation of Arthur’s Seat from the South 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-arthurs-seat-from-the-south-r1134016, accessed 20 April 2024.