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Edinburgh from the Calton Hill, plate from Sir Walter Scott's "The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland"
Edinburgh from the Calton Hill, plate from Sir Walter Scott's "The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland"

Edinburgh from the Calton Hill, plate from Sir Walter Scott's "The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland"

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)
George Cooke (English, 1781–1834)
1820
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving on chine collé, touched proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 26.0 x 33.0 cm (10 13/16 x 13 in.)
Sheet: 28.3 x 44 cm (11 1/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Francis Bullard
Accession numberM24157
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsMarginal sketches and numerous annotations in graphite pencil in Turner's hand, beginning at upper left with "OOX to be burnished horizontally..." transcribed in W. G. Rawlinson, The Engraved Work of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., col. 1 (1908), pp. lxxi-lxxii.ProvenanceFrancis W. Bullard (1862-1913, Boston); bequest 1913