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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner North-West View of Edinburgh Castle, Seen from Below 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘North-West View of Edinburgh Castle, Seen from Below’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
North-West View of Edinburgh Castle, Seen from Below 1801
D02889
Turner Bequest LV 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 127 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LV – 54’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 53 verso opposite (D02888).
Technical notes:
The outer edge of the leaf is irregular.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘North-West View of Edinburgh Castle, Seen from Below 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-north-west-view-of-edinburgh-castle-seen-from-below-r1179079, accessed 19 April 2024.