Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Half Moon Battery, Edinburgh Castle, from a Window in the Royal Palace

1822

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: King’s Visit to Edinburgh Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 114 × 187 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D17602
Turner Bequest CC 55 a

Catalogue entry

Drawn from the Half Moon Battery, or perhaps from the King’s apartment in the Royal Palace of Edinburgh Castle, this sketch, made with the sketchbook inverted, looks over the parapet of the battery with a flag, and down to the left at the crow-step gabled roof of the Portcullis Gate. From the same spot Turner made a sketch looking towards Edinburgh on folio 38 verso (D17569).

At the right of the page is the profile of Arthur’s Seat continued from the sketch on folio 56 verso (D17604).

Thomas Ardill
September 2008

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