© Manchester Art Gallery
Linithgow Palace
Artist: JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)
Location: Manchester Art Gallery
Date: 1821
Materials: watercolour, body colour, gum arabic
Dimensions: 17.5 x 26cm
Grant:
Vendor: Private collector (through Christie's)
Review number: 4583 (1998)
Provenance:
Sir Walter Scott thence by descent until 1886; Ralph Brocklebank thence by descent until 1938; Rayner MacConnell, London; Private Collection thence by descent to current owner.
Description:
One of two landscapes from a set of eight executed as illustrations for Sir Walter Scott's 'The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland' (1819-1826). The ruin of the castle basks in the sunset, haunted by its glorious past as a hunting lodge. The grant is for two paintings, the other one is 'Tantallon Castle'.
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