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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Dunbar Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Hawthornden Castle 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Hawthornden Castle’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
?Hawthornden Castle 1801
D02665
Turner Bequest LIV 42
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIV 42’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the drawing on folio 41 verso opposite (D02664), this does not seem to show Roslin Castle and may rather be a view of Hawthornden Castle, a mile downstream on the North Esk River. Views at or near Roslin occupy folios 39 verso–49 verso (D02660–D02679) of this book.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Hawthornden Castle 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-r1178851, accessed 20 September 2024.