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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner North Bridge, Edinburgh 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘North Bridge, Edinburgh’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Recto:
North Bridge, Edinburgh 1834
D26428
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 88
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘88’ bottom left inverted and ‘340’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 88’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are two sketches on this page of Edinburgh’s North Bridge. At the top is a view from the eastern side of the bridge looking north towards the New Town with the tower of St Andrew’s Church (see also folio 87; D26426). Running out of room at the top of the page, Turner drew the top of the steeple separately to the right of the sketch.
At the bottom of the page, drawn with the sketchbook inverted is a second view of the bridge, this time looking south towards the Old Town. To the left of the bridge is a building where the Scotsman building now stands.

Thomas Ardill
November 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘North Bridge, Edinburgh 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-north-bridge-edinburgh-r1136358, accessed 18 September 2024.