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 > South Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Watermill at Llandowror, Carmarthenshire 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Watermill at Llandowror, Carmarthenshire’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Recto:
A Watermill at Llandowror, Carmarthenshire 1795
D00592
Turner Bequest XXVI 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 203 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘LLandowro Mill’ bottom left and ‘38’ (altered from ‘39’) top right
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 38’ bottom right
Llandowror is a small village on the road from St Clears to Pembroke. The ruins of its mill were until recently (2000) visible under a dense covering of ivy; they appear since to have been demolished. A monochrome study based on this sketch is Tate D00687 (Turner Bequest XXVIII B).
Technical notes:
The sheet is slightly discoloured.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by ?John Ruskin in pencil ‘2’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Watermill at Llandowror, Carmarthenshire 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-a-watermill-at-llandowror-carmarthenshire-r1140919, accessed 19 April 2024.