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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner On the North Side of the Firth of Forth 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘On the North Side of the Firth of Forth’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
On the North Side of the Firth of Forth 1818
D13543
Turner Bequest CLXVI 48
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 112 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXVI 48’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 47 verso (D13542) is a view of a town, perhaps North Queensferry, on the north bank of the Firth of Forth as seen from the west. This page shows the opposite south bank and the island of Inchgarvie in between. For more information see 47 verso.

Thomas Ardill
January 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘On the North Side of the Firth of Forth 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2008, 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-on-the-north-side-of-the-firth-of-forth-r1132088, accessed 24 April 2024.