Watercolour on paper
Scotland 1834
Scotland 1834
Edinburgh
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fisher’s Illustrations to the Waverley Novels 1836-1837 Watercolours
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Edinburgh Castle March Highlanders
Bequeathed by R.H. Williamson 1938
adults
architecture
army
bridge
bridges and viaducts
castle
dress: nations/regions
Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle
groups
hill
landscape
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
military
nationality
people
places
rocky
Scotland
Scotland
Scott, Walter, Sir, ‘Waverley’
Scottish
society
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>This highly compressed but intricately detailed and densely populated view of Edinburgh from Calton Hill was made as an illustration for Fisher's 'Illustrations to the Waverley Novels', 1836-7. Turner based it on material gathered during earlier visits to Scotland, particularly those in 1801 and 1822. Walter Scott, the author of the 'Waverley Novels', complained of Turner's tendency to include 'highlanders in every Scottish scene'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, June 1993</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
1 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
1 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-01
The Annual Tourist 1830-40
Collection based display
21 March 2018 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
21 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
2018-08-26
2018-03-21
Chiostro del Bramante (Rome, Italy)
http://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/
24 September 2018 – 17 February 2019
2019-02-17
2018-09-24
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
26 March 2019 – 28 July 2019
2019-07-28
2019-03-26
Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
2018-03-21
Turner Watercolours
Tate partnerships & programmes
Edinburgh Castle: March of the Highlanders
support: 86 × 140 mm
Bequeathed by R.H. Williamson 1938
<p>This highly compressed but intricately detailed and densely populated view of Edinburgh from Calton Hill was made as an illustration for Fisher's 'Illustrations to the Waverley Novels', 1836-7. Turner based it on material gathered during earlier visits to Scotland, particularly those in 1801 and 1822. Walter Scott, the author of the 'Waverley Novels', complained of Turner's tendency to include 'highlanders in every Scottish scene'.</p>
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adults architecture army bridge bridges and viaducts castle dress: nations/regions Edinburgh Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle groups hill landscape literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man military nationality people places rocky Scotland Scotland Scottish Scott, Walter, Sir, ‘Waverley’ society townscape townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions