Vignette: Linlithgow Palace by Moonlight
Watercolour
ca. 1833 (painted)
ca. 1833 (painted)
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This detailed watercolour depicts Linlithgow Palace, near Edinburgh. It was published as a title-vignette to an 1836 edition of Tales of a Grandfather by the influential Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott. The English artist J.M.W. Turner increasingly became associated with many leading writers of the age as a result of his imaginative illustrations to their works.
Object details
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| Title | Vignette: Linlithgow Palace by Moonlight (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Vignette: Linlithgow Palace by Moonlight, by J.M.W. Turner, ca. 1833. |
| Physical description | Watercolour vignette showing a castle by moonlight |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Eileen Bernard |
| Object history | Prov: John Ruskin, by whom given to M.C.Churchill: Mrs Eileen Bernard, by whom given to the museum, 1945 |
| Historical context | Engraved by W, Miller, 1836 for Scott's Prose Works 1834-6. Published as a title-vignette to vol.xxiv, 1836, 'Tales of a Grandfather'. |
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| Literary reference | Sir Walter Scott, 'Tales of a Grandfather' |
| Summary | This detailed watercolour depicts Linlithgow Palace, near Edinburgh. It was published as a title-vignette to an 1836 edition of Tales of a Grandfather by the influential Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott. The English artist J.M.W. Turner increasingly became associated with many leading writers of the age as a result of his imaginative illustrations to their works. |
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| Accession number | P.6-1945 |
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| Record created | June 28, 2005 |
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