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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Silhouette of Caernarvon Castle 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Silhouette of Caernarvon Castle’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Verso:
Silhouette of Caernarvon Castle 1799
D02071
Turner Bequest XLVI 50a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the drawing on folio 49 verso (D02069), this is an idea for a large composition, in which the elements are simplified and reduced to broad tonal contrasts. Further thoughts on the same subject are on folios 51 recto opposite and 52 recto (D02072, D02074).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Silhouette of Caernarvon Castle 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-silhouette-of-caernarvon-castle-r1179930, accessed 24 April 2024.