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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Edinburgh from the West, with the Water of Leith in the Foreground 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh from the West, with the Water of Leith in the Foreground’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Edinburgh from the West, with the Water of Leith in the Foreground 1801
D02831
Turner Bequest LV 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 127 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LV – 16’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 15 verso opposite (D02830), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
There is a grey-blue watercolour smear at the top right.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Edinburgh from the West, with the Water of Leith in the Foreground 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-west-with-the-water-of-leith-in-the-r1179021, accessed 23 April 2024.