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 Edinburgh, from Village of Dean 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh, from Village of Dean’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Recto:
Edinburgh, from Village of Dean 1818
D13740
Turner Bequest CLXVII 84
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘84’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXVII 84’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing on this page shows houses on both sides of the river at the Village of Dean and is a continuation of a sketch from folio 71 verso (D13739; CLXVII 83a). Connecting the two sides of the river is a bridge with several arches seen at the left of the page.

Thomas Ardill
March 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Edinburgh, from Village of Dean 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-edinburgh-from-village-of-dean-r1132257, accessed 20 September 2024.