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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dynevor Castle and the River Tywi (Towy) 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dynevor Castle and the River Tywi (Towy)’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Dynevor Castle and the River Tywi (Towy) 1798
D01274
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 24
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘24’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 24’ bottom left, descending vertically
This is a similar view to that in watercolour on folio 22 recto (D01275; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 24a), which is perhaps based on the present drawing.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dynevor Castle and the River Tywi (Towy) 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-dynevor-castle-and-the-river-tywi-towy-r1173169, accessed 14 May 2024.