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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Harlech: The Town and Castle from the South East 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harlech: The Town and Castle from the South East’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 59 Recto:
Harlech: The Town and Castle from the South East 1798
D01293
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 41
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘41’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 41’ bottom left, descending vertically
This is one of a sequence of views at Harlech; see under folio 58 recto (D01292; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 40).
Technical notes:
There are some paint smears, and the sheet is stained.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Harlech: The Town and Castle from the South East 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-harlech-the-town-and-castle-from-the-south-east-r1173199, accessed 19 April 2024.