Graphite and watercolour on paper
Exhibition watercolours 1804-15
Exhibition watercolours 1804-15
Edinburgh
Decade 1800-1810
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Edinburgh Caultonhill
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
Calton Hill
cart
cliff
cow
domestic
Edinburgh
Edinburgh - non-specific
group
groups
hill
horse
landscape
laundering
man
milkmaid
natural phenomena
people
places
pool
Scotland
smoke
society
sunbeam
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
weather
woman
work and occupations
<p>Turner visited Edinburgh in 1801 and exhibited this watercolour at the Royal Academy in 1804. It shows a city in transition, with the historic Old Town linked by the North Bridge (built 1763–72) to the New Town under constructionbelow Calton Hill.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
14 September 2001 – 17 February 2002
2002-02-17
14 September 2001 – 17 February 2002
2002-02-17
2001-09-14
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-09-14
Turner in Scotland
Collection based display
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-04
From Architecture to Landscape; Early Work
Collection based display
11 May 2016 – 25 September 2016
2016-09-25
11 May 2016 – 25 September 2016
2016-09-25
2016-05-11
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2016-05-11
Painting with Light: Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the modern age
Exhibition
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/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
Edinburgh, from Caulton-hill
support: 660 × 1000 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 visited Edinburgh in 1801 and exhibited this watercolour at the Royal Academy in 1804. It shows a city in transition, with the historic Old Town linked by the North Bridge (built 1763–72) to the New Town under constructionbelow Calton Hill.</p>
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