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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View of Edinburgh Continued: Arthur's Seat 1822

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of Edinburgh Continued: Arthur's Seat’ 1822
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
View of Edinburgh Continued: Arthur’s Seat 1822
D17578
Turner Bequest CC 43
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Very faint sign of John Ruskin’s red ink inscription ?‘43’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CC 43’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The hills and houses at the right side of this page are continued from the view of Edinburgh from the castle on folio 42 (D17576). They are therefore identifiable as Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Craigs, and buildings in the Old Town, Edinburgh, to the south of the castle.
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Thomas Ardill
September 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘View of Edinburgh Continued: Arthur’s Seat 1822 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-view-of-edinburgh-continued-arthurs-seat-r1132919, accessed 18 April 2024.