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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses on the Banks of the Water of Leith 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses on the Banks of the Water of Leith’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
Houses on the Banks of the Water of Leith 1801
D02852
Turner Bequest LV 29
Pencil on white wove paper, 127 x 195 mm
Partial watermark ‘17 | J Wh’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LV – 29’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the pages turned horizontally, and is continued on folio 28 verso opposite (D02851).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Houses on the Banks of 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-houses-on-the-banks-of-the-water-of-leith-r1179042, accessed 25 April 2024.