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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mountains Encircling a Valley with a Three-Arched Bridge over a Winding River 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mountains Encircling a Valley with a Three-Arched Bridge over a Winding River’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Mountains Encircling a Valley with a Three-Arched Bridge over a Winding River 1798
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Turner Bequest XXXIX 18
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘18’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 18’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is possibly a view over Traeth Mawr, looking north towards the mountains round Beddgelert.
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Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Mountains Encircling a Valley with a Three-Arched Bridge over a Winding River 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-mountains-encircling-a-valley-with-a-three-arched-bridge-r1173600, accessed 26 April 2024.