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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Edinburgh, 1818, Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Roslin Castle 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Roslin Castle’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
Roslin Castle 1818
D13501
Turner Bequest CLXVI 27
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 112 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXVI 27’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the book inverted, this sketch shows the stone bridge that leads to the gatehouse of Roslin Castle at the east with its distinctive two level arches. Above the bridge to the right are the ruins of the castle. Turner first sketched the castle and bridge in 1801 (Dunbar sketchbook, Tate D02664; Turner Bequest LIV 41a).

Thomas Ardill
December 2007

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Roslin Castle 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-roslin-castle-r1132046, accessed 18 April 2024.