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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees and a Bridge, ?below Edinburgh Castle 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees and a Bridge, ?below Edinburgh Castle’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Trees and a Bridge, ?below Edinburgh Castle 1801
D02834
Turner Bequest LV 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 127 x 195 mm
Partial watermark ‘17 | J Wh’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below right of centre
Stamped in black ‘LV – 18’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. Although apparently only tenuously linked, this and the view of Edinburgh Castle on folio 17 verso opposite (D02833) are probably intended to be read one below the other, with the trees and bridge seen below the Rock. A similar two-tiered view occurs on folios 20 verso–21 recto (D02838–D02839).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Trees and a Bridge, ?below Edinburgh 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-trees-and-a-bridge-below-edinburgh-castle-r1179024, accessed 25 April 2024.