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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800 > Smaller South Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Penllyn Castle with Cowbridge in the Foreground; Two Figures with a Horse 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Penllyn Castle with Cowbridge in the Foreground; Two Figures with a Horse’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
Distant View of Penllyn Castle with Cowbridge in the Foreground; Two Figures with a Horse 1795
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Turner Bequest XXV 7
Pencil on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘1 Blue Grey | 2 Grey | 3 Grey Grey [sic] but D G | 4 Same with [?Part] Green | 5 Shadows 3 with W Green | 6 More Green yet Warm | sky Warm Ocker Grey | Penllyne Castle Cowbridge’ top right, and ‘C’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXV 7’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although Turner carefully enumerated the features of this view in his legend at top right, he added no corresponding numbers to his drawing.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant View of Penllyn Castle with Cowbridge in the Foreground; Two Figures with a Horse 1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-penllyn-castle-with-cowbridge-in-the-r1140787, accessed 20 April 2024.