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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Edinburgh Castle from the South-West 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the South-West’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Verso:
Edinburgh Castle from the South-West 1834
D26201
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 54a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
One of a series of views of Edinburgh Castle in this sketchbook, this sketch was made from the south-west of the castle, probably from Castle Terrace. The large building at the top centre is New Barracks, built in 1769. Turner made the sketches on 1 October 1834, a fact that is recorded in the diary of the publisher Robert Cadell, who accompanied the artist that day.1 For references and further information, see folio 63 verso (D26218).

Thomas Ardill
November 2010

1
Robert Cadell, Diary 1834, Wednesday 1 October 1834, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh MS 21024, folio 42.

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the South-West 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2010, 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-edinburgh-castle-from-the-south-west-r1136129, accessed 19 April 2024.