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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Carreg Cennen: The Castle Seen from Below 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Carreg Cennen: The Castle Seen from Below’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Carreg Cennen: The Castle Seen from Below 1798
D01267
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 17
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 17’ bottom left, descending vertically
With the page turned horizontally, the viewpoint is to the south-east of the castle. A finished watercolour, Caregcennan Castle, near Llandilo (currently untraced),1 is based on this drawing. For other views of Carreg Cennan, see under folio 23 recto (D01341; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 87).
1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.327 no.246, reproduced, as private collection.
Technical notes:
There are grey paint smears along the bottom (outer) edge of the leaf.
Verso:
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Honble Edw: Spencer Cowper | Lord Cowper’s | George St: Hanov. Sqr’ and ‘10 Guineas’ below; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Carreg Cennen: The Castle Seen from Below 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-carreg-cennen-the-castle-seen-from-below-r1173162, accessed 26 April 2024.