Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
High Street, Edinburgh
Date:
ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (16.5 x 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "J.M.W. TURNER: HIGH STREET, EDINBURGH"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6298
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | genre subject | signs | cityscape | street | towers (building divisions) | shops | cloth | people | market (event) | selling
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | Scotland | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Europe | St Giles' Cathedral | Tron Kirk
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Turner and Sir Walter Scott : The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland (National Galleries of Scotland, 1999-12-17 - 2000-03-19)

Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 89, 200, no. VI.27, pl. 71, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 20, no. 52, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 426, no. 1061, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5501