Joseph Mallord William Turner

Edinburgh, from the Water of Leith

1818

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 112 x 186 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D13694
Turner Bequest CLXVII 61

Catalogue entry

This almost blank page contains at the left the very slight continuation of a sketch on folio 63 verso (D13693; CLXVII 60a) of Edinburgh from the Water of Leith. There is another sketch of the city from another point on the river near Murrayfield on the following page (folio 66 verso; D13699; CLXVII 63a).

Thomas Ardill
March 2008

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