Joseph Mallord William Turner

Arthur’s Seat, Calton Hill and The Firth of Forth

1818

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Bass Rock and Edinburgh Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 99 × 159 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D13405
Turner Bequest CLXV 47

Catalogue entry

As Finberg suggests, this sketch shows the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh.1 The drawing was perhaps made from Blackford Hill (from which Turner sketched the city, see folio 46 verso; D13404; CLXV 46a) towards the Firth of Forth with the island of Inchkeith and the north shore of the Firth of Forth behind. In the middle distance are the rooftops of Edinburgh, represented with simple step-shapes, and the towering Nelson’s Monument on Calton Hill. Framing the composition on the right is Arthur’s Seat.

Thomas Ardill
November 2007

1

Finberg 1909, I, p.480, CLXV 47.

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