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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur's Seat Beyond and the Water of Leith in the Foreground 1801

Image 1 of 2
  • Enhanced image
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur's Seat Beyond and the Water of Leith in the Foreground’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur’s Seat Beyond and the Water of Leith in the Foreground 1801
D02874
Turner Bequest LV 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 127 mm
Partial watermark ‘W E’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LV – 44’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 43 verso opposite (D02873).
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Edinburgh Castle from the West, with Arthur’s Seat Beyond and 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-castle-from-the-west-with-arthurs-seat-beyond-and-r1179064, accessed 24 April 2024.