J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Edinburgh, with Craigmillar Castle and Arthur's Seat at the Right 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Edinburgh, with Craigmillar Castle and Arthur's Seat at the Right’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 92 Recto:
Distant View of Edinburgh, with Craigmillar Castle and Arthur’s Seat at the Right 1801
D02598
Turner Bequest LIII 92
Pencil on white wove paper, 162 x 112 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘92’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 92’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 91 verso opposite (D02597).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant View of Edinburgh, with Craigmillar Castle and Arthur’s Seat at the Right 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-edinburgh-with-craigmillar-castle-and-r1178620, accessed 16 April 2024.