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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunbar 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunbar’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Verso:
Dunbar 1831
D26014
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 51a
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 52 (D26015; CCLXVII 52) is a sketch of the ruins of Dunbar Castle from nearby to the east. The present page shows the castle’s cylindrical South Battery.
See folio 52 for further details, and folio 48 (D26008; CCLXVII 48) for more information on Turner’s 1831 visit to Dunbar.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dunbar 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-dunbar-r1134384, accessed 23 April 2024.