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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunbar Castle 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunbar Castle’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Dunbar Castle 1818
D13620
Turner Bequest CLXVII 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed in blue ink ‘21’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXVII 21’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A view of Dunbar from the west, the ruins of the castle gate are framed by rocks in the foreground on either side. Turner is standing on Long Craigs, a rocky outcrop just west of the castle. There are similar views of the castle on folios 18 verso–20 (D13615–D13618; CLXVII 17a–19) and there follow in this sketchbook two further views of the castle from the west (folios 22 verso–24; D13621–D13624; CLXVII 21a–23).
There are several small brown marks at the right and pale foxing at the left of the page.

Thomas Ardill
February 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dunbar Castle 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-dunbar-castle-r1132168, accessed 20 April 2024.