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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Pontypridd: The Bridge over the River Taf 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Pontypridd: The Bridge over the River Taf’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Pontypridd: The Bridge over the River Taf 1798
D01710
Turner Bequest XLII 35
Pencil and white gouache on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Taff’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘35’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 35’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 17 verso opposite (D01709; Turner Bequest XLII 34), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Pontypridd: The Bridge over the River Taf 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-pontypridd-the-bridge-over-the-river-taf-r1173906, accessed 18 September 2024.