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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Roslin Castle: Part of the Ruins 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
Roslin Castle: Part of the Ruins 1801
D02676
Turner Bequest LIV 48
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 164 x 115 mm
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘48’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIV 48’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the pages turned vertically, this is a brief continuation of the drawing on folio 47 verso opposite (D02675).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Roslin Castle: Part of the Ruins 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-roslin-castle-part-of-the-ruins-r1178862, accessed 28 March 2024.