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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Lancashire and North Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Pass of Aberglaslyn near Pontaberglaslyn 1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Pass of Aberglaslyn near Pontaberglaslyn’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
The Pass of Aberglaslyn near Pontaberglaslyn 1799
D01987
Turner Bequest XLV 47
Pencil and grey wash on white wove paper, 225 x 329 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed in black ink ’47.’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLV-47’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a small group of worked-up monochrome mountain subjects in this book, all apparently made in North Wales, and probably in the pass of Aberglaslyn; see folios 7 verso (D01920) and 51 recto (D01990; Turner Bequest XLV 50).
Technical notes:
The leaf is discoloured from exposure.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Pass of Aberglaslyn near Pontaberglaslyn 1799 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-pass-of-aberglaslyn-near-pontaberglaslyn-r1177865, accessed 26 April 2024.