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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Bass Rock and Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bass Rock 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bass Rock’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Verso:
Bass Rock 1818
D13354
Turner Bequest CLXV 17a
Pencil on white laid paper, 99 x 159 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of Bass Rock is taken from the east and concentrates on the area at the south of the island (at the left) where a ruined castle and fortifications stand above the lowest point. Unlike many of the other sketches in the sequence, Turner uses shading as well as vertical and serrated lines to show the topography and geology of the rock. There is a similar view on the following page of this sketchbook (folio 18; D13355; CLXV 18).

Thomas Ardill
October 2007

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Bass Rock 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2007, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bass-rock-r1131896, accessed 18 September 2024.