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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > North Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Llyn Cwellyn 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Llyn Cwellyn’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
Llyn Cwellyn 1798
D01384
Turner Bequest XXXIX 29
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 ‘29’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 29’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is one of four rapid sketches of Llyn Cwellyn in this book; see also the rectos of folios 26–28 (D01381–D01383).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Llyn Cwellyn 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-llyn-cwellyn-r1173612, accessed 27 April 2024.