Edinburgh from Calton Hill & Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh by JMW Turner

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Both are landscape watercolours with people in the foreground

Edinburgh from Calton Hill & Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh by JMW Turner, circa 1819

Details

Category:: Topographical
Medium:: Watercolour on paper Dimensions: 16 x 25 cm
Art Fund grant:: £25,000 ( Total: £151,546; Tax remission)
Acquired in:: 1998
Vendor:: Private collector (through Christie's)

Provenance

Sir Walter Scott thence by descent until 1886; Ralph Brocklebank, Cheshire thence by descent until1938; Christie's London 8/7/38 bought by R MacConnell; private collection thence by descent to present owner

Venue details

Scottish National Gallery The Mound, Edinburgh Edinburgh EH2 2EL 0131 624 6200 www.nationalgalleries.org

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