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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees and Houses, Probably at Corstorphine 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees and Houses, Probably at Corstorphine’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Trees and Houses, Probably at Corstorphine 1801
D02839
Turner Bequest LV 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 127 x 195 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LV – 21’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally; it is probably a continuation of the distant view of Edinburgh Castle on folio 20 verso opposite (D02838).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Trees and Houses, Probably at Corstorphine 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-houses-probably-at-corstorphine-r1179029, accessed 26 April 2024.