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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunbar Castle Seen from the East 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunbar Castle Seen from the East’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Verso:
Dunbar Castle Seen from the East 1801
D02716
Turner Bequest LIV 68a
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the subject is continued on folio 69 recto opposite (D02717). This is one of a series of drawings of Dunbar between folios 61 verso and 70 verso (D02703–D02720).
Technical notes:
The missing top right corner has been made up with similar paper.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dunbar Castle Seen from the East 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dunbar-castle-seen-from-the-east-r1178902, accessed 24 April 2024.