Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dunbar Castle Seen from the East

1801

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dunbar Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 115 × 162 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D02716
Turner Bequest LIV 68 a

Catalogue entry

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

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