Joseph Mallord William Turner

Continuation of the Procession to Edinburgh Castle Seen from the Royal Palace

1822

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In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Room

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
King’s Visit to Edinburgh Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 114 × 187 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D17605
Turner Bequest CC 57

Catalogue entry

With the sketchbook inverted and continued from folio 56 verso (D17604) is a view of Edinburgh from the castle. This part of the composition looks north-east to the New Town with the spire of St Andrew’s Church (now St Andrew’s and St George’s) and the Melville Monument. In the foreground is the roof of the Portcullis Gate to Edinburgh Castle.

Thomas Ardill
September 2008

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