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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Aberystwyth Castle, Seen from the South 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Aberystwyth Castle, Seen from the South’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
Aberystwyth Castle, Seen from the South 1798
D01534
Turner Bequest XL 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 42’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this drawing continues on folio 43 verso opposite (D01533; Turner Bequest XL 41a), under which the subject is discussed.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed in red ink ‘51’

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Aberystwyth Castle, Seen from the South 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-aberystwyth-castle-seen-from-the-south-r1173773, accessed 19 April 2024.