Joseph Mallord William Turner

Rocks off the Coast of Dunbar; the Bass Rock

1818

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Edinburgh, 1818, Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 90 x 112 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D13499
Turner Bequest CLXVI 26

Catalogue entry

Continued from folio 25 verso (D13498) at the bottom of this page is a sketch of the rocks off the coast of Dunbar. At the top of the page is another sketch taken from a similar position of the Bass Rock with what may be the Isle of May to the right. This composition is framed by a tree in the foreground at the left. A line down the centre of the drawing suggests that Turner may have initially planned to divide the space into two small drawings as on the previous page.

Thomas Ardill
December 2007

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