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 Ruins of Dunbar 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins of Dunbar’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Ruins of Dunbar 1818
D13359
Turner Bequest CLXV 21
Pencil on white laid paper, 99 x 159 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXV 21’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough sketch of the outline of the ruins of Dunbar Castle is one of a number of rapidly executed sketches of the rocks and ruins around the coast of Dunbar made in this sketchbook. The rectangular tower of the castle can be seen in the centre of the page with the rocky promontory on which it stands descending into the sea on the right.

Thomas Ardill
October 2007

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ruins of Dunbar 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-ruins-of-dunbar-r1131901, accessed 25 April 2024.