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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Hawthornden Castle Seen from the Bank of the North Esk River 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Hawthornden Castle Seen from the Bank of the North Esk River’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Verso:
?Hawthornden Castle Seen from the Bank of the North Esk River 1801
D02664
Turner Bequest LIV 41a
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Partial watermark ‘17 | J Wha’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Since it occurs in a sequence of drawings of Roslin, the presumption must be that this rapid sketch, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, represents either the castle there, or one close by. It does not seem to be Roslin, and is perhaps Hawthornden, a mile to the north-east on the same river. The drawing on folio 42 recto opposite (D02665) apparently shows the same place. Views at or near Roslin occupy folios 39 verso–49 verso (D02660–D02679).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Hawthornden Castle Seen from the Bank of the North Esk River 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-hawthornden-castle-seen-from-the-bank-of-the-north-esk-river-r1178850, accessed 27 April 2024.