Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lauriston Castle and the Firth of Forth; and ?Roslin Chapel

1818

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Edinburgh, 1818, Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 90 × 112 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D13569
Turner Bequest CLXVI 62

Catalogue entry

Continued from folio 61 verso (D13568) is a view of Lauriston Castle and the Firth of Forth with Inchkeith island. At the bottom right of the present page, drawn with the book inverted is a tiny sketch of a building that may be Roslin Chapel, which can be seen in sketches of Roslin Castle in this sketchbook (folio 40; D13527) and the inside of which Turner sketched (folio 53; D13561).

Thomas Ardill
January 2008

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