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Tantallon Castle

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1821

Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester

One of two landscapes from a set of eight executed as illustrations for Sir Walter Scott's 'The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland' (1819-1826). A wild coastal view whose rough sea was analysed by Ruskin in 'Modern Painters'. The grant is for two paintings, the other one is 'Linlithgow Palace'.

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Title of artwork, date

Tantallon Castle, 1821

Date supported

1998

Medium and material

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

17 x 26 cm

Grant

25000

Total cost

151546

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