Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dunbar Castle

1818

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 112 × 186 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D13628
Turner Bequest CLXVII 25

Catalogue entry

Continued from folio 25 verso (D13627; CLXVII 24a) is a sketch of the ruins of Dunbar Castle. To the left of the page, and the right of 25 verso, are the remains of the castle gate containing the most detailed fragments. Turner has also made faint sketches of several details at the top of the page. The castle and the headland upon which it stands fall away into the sea at the right, and at the far right of the page is the outline of Bass Rock (see folio 21; D13619; CLXVII 20 for a similar view).
Verso:
Blank

Thomas Ardill
February 2008

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