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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Edinburgh Castle from the North 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the North’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
Edinburgh Castle from the North 1834
D26200
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘54’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 54’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Edinburgh Castle is shown in this sketch from Princes Street to the north. The sketch belongs to a series made on 1 October 1834, in which Turner drew the castle from different sides; see folio 63 verso (D26218) for further information.

Thomas Ardill
November 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the North 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2010, 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-castle-from-the-north-r1136128, accessed 26 April 2024.