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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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