J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Hereford Court Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Moel Hebog and Dinas Emrys 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Moel Hebog and Dinas Emrys’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
?Moel Hebog and Dinas Emrys 1798
D01298
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘X’ towards bottom right, and ‘R’ centre right, on cliff
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘45’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 45’ bottom left, descending vertically
The present identification, which is not certain, is due to the contemporary North Wales artist Jeremy Yates.1
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Personal communication.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Moel Hebog and Dinas Emrys 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-moel-hebog-and-dinas-emrys-r1173214, accessed 23 April 2024.