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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 79 Recto:
Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed 1798
D01302
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 49
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped bottom centre with Turner Bequest monogram
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘48’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 48’ bottom left, descending vertically
Betws was already a favourite stopping-pace for tourists in the later eighteenth century. Its famous bridge is seen from the east, with the River Llugwy dropping between large boulders immediately beneath it. Beyond, through the right-hand arch, the falls can be seen among the flat and eroded rocks that Turner apparently drew in a rapid sketch on folio 75 recto (D01299; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 46).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed 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-pont-y-pair-betws-y-coed-r1173219, accessed 19 April 2024.