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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Harlech: The Castle from the North-West 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harlech: The Castle from the North-West’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Harlech: The Castle from the North-West 1798
D01377
Turner Bequest XXXIX 22
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Part watermark ‘1794’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘22’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 22’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject was drawn with the page turned horizontally. See also folio 21 recto (D01376).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Harlech: The Castle from the North-West 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-castle-from-the-north-west-r1173604, accessed 25 April 2024.