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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?On the Flank of Snowdon 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?On the Flank of Snowdon’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
?On the Flank of Snowdon 1798
D01395
Turner Bequest XXXIX 40
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 ‘40’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 40’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, the viewpoint is high in the mountains. It may be on the path up the ridge of Snowdon from Llanberis, with the peak on the right, and Glyder Fawr to the left.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?On the Flank of Snowdon 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-on-the-flank-of-snowdon-r1173626, accessed 26 April 2024.