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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Aberystwyth Castle from the South 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Aberystwyth Castle from the South’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Verso:
Aberystwyth Castle from the South 1798
D01577
Turner Bequest XL 67a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘26’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XL – 67 a’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this drawing is continued on folio 70 recto opposite (D01578; Turner Bequest XL 68). It is one of four views of Aberystwyth in this sketchbook; see also folios 24 verso–25 recto, 42 verso, 43 verso–44 recto and 58 verso–59 recto (D01500–D01501, D01531, D01533–D01534, D01558–D01559; Turner Bequest XL 22a–23, 40a, 41a–42, 56a–57).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Aberystwyth Castle 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-from-the-south-r1173816, accessed 19 April 2024.