'Composition Study: Caernarvon Castle, Sunset', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Composition Study: Caernarvon Castle, Sunset

From Academical Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XLIII

Date 1798

Dimensionssupport: 214 x 140 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D01856

Turner Bequest XLIII 39 a

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Wales

Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Academical Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest