'Felin Bach, near Llangollen, with Dinas Brân Beyond', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Felin Bach, near Llangollen, with Dinas Brân Beyond

From Drawings Made on the Midland Tour

Date 1794

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 274 x 215 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00336

Turner Bequest XXI I

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Felin Bach, near Llangollen, with Dinas Brân Beyond 1794

D00336
Turner Bequest XXI I

Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 215 mm
Watermark ‘J WHATMAN’
Stamped in black ‘XXI I’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

Felin Bach was a mill; it has now been converted into a private dwelling. The ruins on the top of the hill in the background are those of the thirteenth-century Welsh castle, Dinas Brân, which overlooks Llangollen; see Tate D36582 (Turner Bequest CCCLXXVII 12). They figure in a watercolour of Valle Crucis Abbey executed by Turner shortly after this tour (Tate D00703; Turner Bequest XXVIII R); see also Tate D00335 (Turner Bequest XXI H 2).

Technical notes:

There are blots of blue colour towards the bottom right.

Verso:

Blank; blots of orange colour; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed in a later hand ‘139’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

Read this catalogue entry in full

This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.