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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Conwy: The Town Walls from the East 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Conwy: The Town Walls from the East’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
Conwy: The Town Walls from the East 1798
D01308
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped lower centre with Turner Bequest monogram
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘54’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 54’ bottom left, descending vertically
Turner has not included the castle in this view, which shows the southernmost stretch of the town walls as seen from the east, with Conwy Mountain in the background. However, the castle was the principal focus of his interest, and figures in the other views of Conwy in this book, which are on the rectos of folios 80–85 (D01303– D01306, D01336, D01307; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 50, 50a, 51, 52, 82, 53).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Conwy: The Town Walls from the 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-conwy-the-town-walls-from-the-east-r1173226, accessed 19 April 2024.