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 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Road between Rocks among Mountains 1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Road between Rocks among Mountains’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
A Road between Rocks among Mountains 1799
D02040
Turner Bequest XLVI 30
Pencil, ink and wash on white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘30’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 30’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner made a group of drawings in similar media and showing similar subject matter in the contemporary Lancashire and North Wales sketchbook (Tate D01920, D01987, D01990; Turner Bequest XLV 7a, 47, 50). Like them, this page may depict a scene in the Pass of Aberglaslyn, or it may perhaps show the peaks surrounding Nant Ffrancon from near Tryfan; compare the sequence of studies made in that area on folios 22 verso–23 recto (D02028–D02029) of the present book.
Verso:
Blank; washed with a pale buff ground.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Road between Rocks among Mountains 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-a-road-between-rocks-among-mountains-r1179899, accessed 20 September 2024.