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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Hereford Court Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dinas Brân, with a Farm in the Foreground 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dinas Brân, with a Farm in the Foreground’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Recto:
Dinas Brân, with a Farm in the Foreground 1798
D01310
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 56
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped bottom centre with Turner Bequest monogram
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘56’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 56’ bottom left, descending vertically
See under folio 87 recto (D01309; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 55) for related views.
Verso:
There is a slight sketch. The pencil has been drawn in a loose loop that may represent a fold of hills, perhaps those opposite Llangollen as drawn on the folio 89 recto opposite (D01311; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 57); but it is not possible to identify precisely the intention of this slight mark. The page is stamped in brown ink with the usual Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dinas Brân, with a Farm in the Foreground 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-dinas-bran-with-a-farm-in-the-foreground-r1173228, accessed 26 April 2024.