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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Edinburgh from the Water of Leith 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh from the Water of Leith’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Edinburgh from the Water of Leith 1801
D02812
Turner Bequest LV 1a
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 127 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 2 recto opposite and again of folio 3 recto (D02813–D02814). The incorporation of repoussoirs on either side of this view, for which compare the watercolour study from a slightly different viewpoint on the recto (D02811), suggests that Turner considered the possibility of using it as the basis for a finished composition.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Edinburgh from the Water of Leith 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-edinburgh-from-the-water-of-leith-r1179002, accessed 24 April 2024.