Graphite on paper
King at Edinburgh Sketchbook
King at Edinburgh Sketchbook
George IV’s visit to Edinburgh 1822
George IV’s visit to Edinburgh 1822
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
King at Edinburgh Sketchbook
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>
Designs Royal Progress Two Scotch Bonnets
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
clothing and personal items
crowd
dress: nations/regions
figure
groups
hall
hat, bonnet
history
interiors
objects
people
politics and society
public and municipal
royalty: George IV, visit to Edinburgh, Aug 1822
Scotland
ship, sailing
society
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
<p>Turner planned a series of paintings depicting George IV’s visit to Edinburgh in 1822. The 19 tiny numbered pencil sketches seen here show him planning this sequence. Although the series was never completed, several of the sketches correspond to Turner’s paintings and watercolours.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite
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
Designs for the ‘Royal Progress’ Series; Two Scotch Bonnets
support: 111 × 188 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 planned a series of paintings depicting George IV’s visit to Edinburgh in 1822. The 19 tiny numbered pencil sketches seen here show him planning this sequence. Although the series was never completed, several of the sketches correspond to Turner’s paintings and watercolours. </p>
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adults architecture clothing and personal items crowd dress: nations/regions figure groups hall hat, bonnet history interiors objects people politics and society public and municipal royalty: George IV, visit to Edinburgh, Aug 1822 Scotland ship, sailing society townscape townscapes / man-made features transport: water