J M W Turner Heidelberg, c.1842 Watercolour, 374 x 553 mm Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Vaughan Bequest, D NG 885 This watercolour was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Scotland in 1900 by the collector Henry Vaughan. We know almost nothing about its prior history. One condition of Vaughan's Bequest is that the watercolours never be lent and only be shown in January. The current consensus dates it to about 1846, but I propose an earlier date in what follows below. Photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Scotland.
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