'View Looking East up the Estuary of the Mawddach with Cader Idris in the Distance', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

View Looking East up the Estuary of the Mawddach with Cader Idris in the Distance

From Hereford Court Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XXXVIII

Date 1798

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 332 x 225 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D01291

Turner Bequest XXXVIII 39

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Wales

Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Hereford Court Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest