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

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the subject is continued on folio 17 recto opposite (D01708; Turner Bequest XLII 33). Although it is very possible that this sketch was drawn while Turner was in motion, it is unlikely to have been done at the same time as the drawing on the preceding opening, folios 15 verso–16 recto (D01705–D01706; Turner Bequest XLII 30–31), since the artist would hardly have changed his drawing implement in such circumstances. On the other hand, the rapid pencil notation is similar to that of some notes made among the Black Mountains in the contemporary Dynevor Castle sketchbook (Tate; Turner Bequest XL).