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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Continuation of the Procession to Edinburgh Castle Seen from the Royal Palace 1822

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Continuation of the Procession to Edinburgh Castle Seen from the Royal Palace’ 1822
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
Continuation of the Procession to Edinburgh Castle Seen from the Royal Palace 1822
D17605
Turner Bequest CC 57
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Very faint sign of John Ruskin’s red ink inscription ?‘57’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CC 57’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted and continued from folio 56 verso (D17604) is a view of Edinburgh from the castle. This part of the composition looks north-east to the New Town with the spire of St Andrew’s Church (now St Andrew’s and St George’s) and the Melville Monument. In the foreground is the roof of the Portcullis Gate to Edinburgh Castle.

Thomas Ardill
September 2008

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Continuation of the Procession to Edinburgh Castle Seen from the Royal Palace 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-continuation-of-the-procession-to-edinburgh-castle-seen-from-r1132946, accessed 18 April 2024.