Graphite and wash on paper
George IV’s visit to Edinburgh 1822
George IV’s visit to Edinburgh 1822
Edinburgh
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Provincial Antiquities of Scotland Watercolours
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Frontispiece to Volume Two Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery Scotland
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: expressive
animals: mammals
architecture
astronomy
body
book, Scott, Walter, and Turner, J.M.W., ‘Provincial Antiquities of Scotland’
castle
Edinburgh
hand
harbour
hill
holding hands
horse
inscriptions
landscape
Latin text
Leith
military
objects
people
phrase
places
reading, writing, printed matter
Scotland
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
ship, warship
society
star
sunset
symbols and personifications
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>Turner drew this frontispiece for the 1826 edition of Walter Scott’s book. The yacht <span>Royal George</span> brings George IV to Edinburgh for his state visit in 1822. Scott is rowed out in a barge to greet him. Their clasped hands, and silk and tartan sleeves symbolise the union between England and Scotland. The royal motto appears above the king’s emblems of a white horse and star. A sunburst celebrates a new era in Anglo-Scottish relations.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite wash
6 August 2010 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
6 August 2010 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
2010-08-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-08-06
Romanticism Introduction
Collection based display
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
Frontispiece to Volume Two of The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland
support: 257 × 176 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<p>Turner drew this frontispiece for the 1826 edition of Walter Scott’s book. The yacht <i>Royal George</i> brings George IV to Edinburgh for his state visit in 1822. Scott is rowed out in a barge to greet him. Their clasped hands, and silk and tartan sleeves symbolise the union between England and Scotland. The royal motto appears above the king’s emblems of a white horse and star. A sunburst celebrates a new era in Anglo-Scottish relations.</p>
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actions: expressive animals: mammals architecture astronomy body book, Scott, Walter, and Turner, J.M.W., ‘Provincial Antiquities of Scotland’ castle Edinburgh hand harbour hill holding hands horse inscriptions landscape Latin text Leith military objects people phrase places reading, writing, printed matter Scotland sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing ship, warship society star sunset symbols and personifications times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions
CLXVIII B