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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wide Valley Surrounded by Mountains, with Cottages in the Foreground 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wide Valley Surrounded by Mountains, with Cottages in the Foreground’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
A Wide Valley Surrounded by Mountains, with Cottages in the Foreground 1798
D01386
Turner Bequest XXXIX 31
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 ‘31’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 31’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This summary sketch possibly shows the valley of the Dwyrfai, north-west of Llyn Cwellyn (see the rectos of folios 26–29; D01381–D01384), with the mass of Moel Eilio on the right; in which case, the distant hill is Moel Tryfan.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Wide Valley Surrounded by Mountains, with Cottages 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-a-wide-valley-surrounded-by-mountains-with-cottages-in-the-r1173614, accessed 19 April 2024.